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 customizable 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-base 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-nation 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

SEC commissioner warns the agency’s withdrawal of defence for climate rules is unlawful

SEC commissioner warns the agency’s withdrawal of defence for climate rules is unlawful April 4, 2025 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner Caroline Crenshaw has warned that the agency’s decision to withdraw its defence of climate disclosure rules is unlawful. Last week, SEC acting chair Mark Uyeda and commissioner Hester Peirce voted to end the […]

Trump and EU, EU and USA flags above dark sky. Europe Union and United States of America trade, tariffs and political confrontation

Trump orders ban on DEI policies for European companies serving the US government

Trump orders ban on DEI policies for European companies serving the US government April 4, 2025 The Trump Administration has issued a letter to several major EU-based companies, urging them to comply with an executive order prohibiting DEI programmes, FT reports. The letter said that President Donald Trump’s executive order applied to companies outside the […]

Raiffeisen Bank’s AGM disrupted by protests over ties to sanctioned Russian companies

Raiffeisen Bank’s AGM disrupted by protests over ties to sanctioned Russian companies April 3, 2025 Raiffeisen Bank’s AGM was disrupted by a wave of protests inside and outside the venue, following recent revelations about its transactions with state-linked entities in Russia. Activist groups BankTrack, B4Ukraine, Attac Austria and WeMove Europe led the demonstrations outside the […]

Canada’s Big Six Banks Under Fire: AI, Child Labour Risks & the Push for Energy Transparency

Canada’s Big Six Banks Under Fire: AI, Child Labour Risks & the Push for Energy Transparency March 27, 2025 Daniel Kehoe and Caoimhe Taylor As we move into April, the ‘Big Six’ Canadian Banks once again are prominent on shareholder engagement with multiple proposals being put forward at each of the six companies. The ‘Big […]

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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