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

Texas Proxy Advisor Regulation SB 2337 DEI Paxton

Texas Climate Investing Blacklist Stays on Ice

Texas Climate Investing Blacklist Stays on Ice 17 April 2026 By Sarah Wilson A Texas federal judge has refused to let the state revive its anti-ESG investment law while its Fifth Circuit appeal plays out, handing sustainable-investing firms and their asset-owner clients a second major win in just over two months.[1][2] In an order issued […]

Regulating the Raters: The FCA’s ESG Regulatory Proposals, Minerva’s Response, and What the Market Should Watch

Regulating the Raters: The FCA’s ESG Regulatory Proposals, Minerva’s Response, and What the Market Should Watch 16 April 2026 By Rina Cindrak In March 2026, Minerva submitted a formal response to the FCA’s consultation paper CP25/34, which for the first time would bring ESG rating providers within the UK regulatory perimeter. The consultation closed on […]

Germany Eases Pressure on Investor Collaboration

Germany Eases Pressure on Investor Collaboration 15 April 2026 By Alex Whitebrook Germany has abruptly narrowed its “acting in concert” standard after a rebuke from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), removing a long‑standing overhang on investor collaboration and bringing its voting‑rights disclosure regime back into line with European Union (EU) law. […]

ExxonMobil’s Retail Voting Programme, Texas Redomicile and the Architecture of Shareholder Disempowerment

ExxonMobil’s Retail Voting Programme, Texas Redomicile and the Architecture of Shareholder Disempowerment 13 April 2026 By Sarah Wilson On 27 May, ExxonMobil shareholders will vote on a ballot that includes a proposal to redomicile the company from New Jersey to Texas, where the state established a specialised Business Court in 2024 and where Governor […]

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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