Proxy Voting, Stewardship Support & ESG Index Data Solutions

Minerva empowers professional investors with the essential tools and critical data to make informed, sustainable stewardship and proxy voting decisions.

Our comprehensive and tightly-integrated solutions support better stewardship with high quality and material ESG data; independent and objective research; the latest technology; and secure, confidential vote administration.

Minerva’s agile and responsive service is founded on principles of bespoke research, tailored voting guidance and highly customisable sustainability data to support modern stewardship strategies:

Advanced, scalable VoteTech to protect shareholder rights, bespoke policies to support split voting

Tailored ESG and Sustainability data sets for custom index solutions in partnership with Solactive

Objective, independent research and data to identify key sustainability governance risks and opportunities

Better Data = Better Stewardship

Minerva’s clients inform and support their stewardship strategies with high-quality, relevant sustainability governance and ESG data. With coverage of more than 70 markets and ~9,000 global companies, Minerva offers insights on Board Quality, Remuneration, Shareholder Rights, Financial Reporting, Stakeholder Governance, Product Controversies and UN Norms indicators.

Proxy Voting - Streamlined & Secure

Minerva simplifies proxy voting for a more straightforward, robust and compliant approach. Engagement letters, web reporting, securities lending support and easy onboarding – you can even transfer all your voting histories for continuity.

ESG Data

Minerva’s high-quality ESG research and data is robust, consistent, comparable, and in-depth. Integrated ESG, Sustainability and Climate Change guidelines enable easy values-based voting. All guidance is fully transparent with comprehensive audit trails.

Proxy Vote Agency

Minerva’s expert team takes care of the complexities of ESG and proxy voting leaving you free to concentrate on value-added engagement. Minerva’s pioneering team can ensure you are fully ready for the Shareholder Rights Directive II

Custom Policies

Why settle for overlay when you can have integrated, evidence-based voting policies based on global good practices. Local market standards can be blended with supra-national policies including OECD, CII, ICGN and IIGCC. All voting policies are custom as standard with highly granular policy points that are flexibly applied.

Vote your Values with Integrated TCFD, Climate Change & Sustainability Guidelines

Minerva gives investors a “Say on Sustainability” with a range of integrated stewardship tools including proxy research, custom proxy voting guidelines and sustainability governance ratings.

Sustainable Governance News from Minerva

Defence EU European Defence Industry Programme EDIP

Defence Developments: EU Establishes New Defence Industry Programme

Defence Developments: EU Establishes New Defence Industry Programme 28 November 2025 By Jack Grogan-Fenn The European Parliament has adopted the long-mooted European defence industry programme (EDIP) regulation which looks to strengthen the EU defence industry, accelerate defence manufacturing and augment support for Ukraine. The EDIP has been established the same week that the Parliament has to […]

SB 2337 Stunted: Texas Scraps Short-term Efforts to Revive Proxy Advisor Bill

SB 2337 Stunted: Texas Scraps Short-term Efforts to Revive Proxy Advisor Bill 26 November 2025 By Jack Grogan-Fenn Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, has this week reportedly announced that the state has scrapped short-term efforts to restore the polarising Senate Bill (SB) 2337 which would have major implications for proxy advisors. In September, a preliminary injunction […]

Case Closed: SEC Stops SolarWinds Data Breach Lawsuit

Case Closed: SEC Stops SolarWinds Data Breach Lawsuit 24 November 2025 By Jack Grogan-Fenn The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it is ceasing its high-profile lawsuit against software company SolarWinds five years after an infamous data breach. SolarWinds fell victim to a significant data breach in 2020, which permitted hackers to gain access to sensitive information […]

Damning Verdict: BHP Found Liable for Dam Collapse in UK Lawsuit

Damning Verdict: BHP Found Liable for Dam Collapse in UK Lawsuit 21 November 2025 By Jack Grogan-Fenn Australian mining giant BHP Group has been found responsible for the high-profile Fundão tailings dam collapse in Brazil in 2015 by London’s High Court and now must compensate victims impacted by the disaster. BHP – which is the country’s […]

Minerva - A Solactive Company

Since May 2019 Minerva has been a Solactive AG company. Solactive is an innovative index provider and financial data and technology provider that focuses on the development, calculation and distribution of tailor-made indices across all asset classes. As a Solactive company, Minerva operates from Frankfurt, Toronto and Hong Kong. Our ambition is to continue to expand our footprint in order to better serve our clients around the world.

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