Minerva helps investors vote their shares efficiently and effectively using state of the art technology and information tools. An actionable voting policy is integral to that process and uniquely, Minerva tailors all its guidance to each client’s individual preferences and stewardship requirements by default, adhering our approach that rejects a one-size-fits-all model. Customised voting guidance is based on a blend of overarching global principles, supplemented by regional guidelines based on local market standards, all of which can be flexed to create a truly individual voting policy.
Minerva Voting Platform
Minerva’s voting award-wining platform provides efficient vote management tools and a fully integrated policy engine which ensures that client’s policy preferences are applied consistently. The policy engine is a sophisticated decision-support algorithm which combines analyst research and objective data points thereby creating an efficient and streamlined process. Minerva Voting Policy Templates are completely transparent to clients and available online where they can be reviewed by market or by policy issue.
Global Principles
Minerva benchmark base policies start with supra-national bodies such as G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance[1], Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)[2], Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI)[3] and investors bodies such as the International Corporate Governance Network’s (ICGN) Global Corporate Governance Guidelines (5th Edition)[4] and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) [5]. There are six core fundamental standards outlined in the OECD Principles. While the ICGN’s guidelines incorporate OECD Principles, ICGN emphasises nine focus areas: