Minerva Press & Awards

Keep up to date with the latest developments from Minerva. Here you'll find our press releases, company announcements, industry awards, and media coverage, highlighting the work we do to support investors with stewardship, proxy voting, corporate governance, and responsible investment services.

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Shortlisted: Personality of the Year – Sarah Wilson, CEO

Pensions Age Awards

February 1, 2023
Sarah Wilson, CEO, was recognised as a finalist for Personality of the Year, highlighting her leadership and contribution to advancing stewardship and responsible investment.
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Shortlisted: Technology Innovation Award

Pensions Age Awards

February 1, 2023
Minerva was recognised as a finalist for the Technology Innovation Award, recognising its commitment to advancing stewardship through innovative technology solutions.
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Finalist: Best ESG Fintech Platform

ESG Investing Awards

January 1, 2023
Minerva was recognised as a finalist in the Best ESG Fintech Platform category, highlighting its technology-driven approach to stewardship and proxy voting.
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Finalist: Best ESG & Sustainability Analytics Platform

ESG Investing Awards

January 1, 2023
Minerva was recognised for being a leading provider of data, insights and analytical tools that help investors assess, monitor and integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability factors into investment decision-making.
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Winner: Best ESG Fintech

ESG Investing Awards

January 1, 2022
Minerva won the Best ESG Fintech award, recognising its innovative technology supporting stewardship, proxy voting and shareholder engagement.
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Runner-up: ESG Data Provider of the Year

Pensions Expert

September 1, 2021
Minerva was named runner-up for ESG Data Provider of the Year, recognising the strength of its stewardship, governance and ESG intelligence solutions.
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Press releases

Minerva acquired by Solactive

January 11, 2023
Amid a global push towards trustworthy and granular ESG data, rigorous reporting and engagement on sustainability issues by investors, Minerva is pleased to announce its acquisition by German index provider Solactive. The move follows Solactive’s minority investment in Minerva in May 2019.
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Inrate and Minerva Analytics partner to address Swiss stewardship

January 10, 2023
Minerva Analytics, the UK stewardship support services and ESG research provider, and Inrate, the independent Swiss sustainability research, rating and proxy voting firm, have entered into a strategic partnership to provide integrated global proxy voting agency services to Swiss investors.
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Minerva in the media

CII urges SEC not to approve Texas Stock Exchange’s Ppans to require brokers to vote uninstructed shares

Council of Institutional Investors

August 13, 2026
The implications could be particularly significant at companies with dual class share structures. In such cases, proportional allocation of uninstructed shares could reinforce existing control arrangements by increasing the influence of already dominant voting blocs, potentially making it more difficult for minority investors to affect outcomes despite holding substantial economic interests. Jack Grogan-Fenn, Texas Stock Exchange voting proposal could reshape shareholder influence, Minerva Analytics (Aug. 6, 2026)
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Proxy season sees 'target dissent'

Board Agenda

June 29, 2026
Board accountability is a big issue in the UK'2026 proxy season so far, while shareholders appear to be "targeting" their dissent, rather than fostering widespread rebellion, according to a new report. Minerva Analytics, an adviser to shareholders, identified BP and Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust as examples where shareholders made board accountability the "clearest pressure point of the season". Thomas Bolger, stewardship lead says this year's proxy season was defined by "target and consequential dissent".
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FTSE bosses receive 18% pay bump this year in global fight for talent

Financial Times

April 20, 2026
Croda International has also reduced the sustainability metrics, according to a separate analysis of public annual reports by proxy adviser Minerva Analytics. Thomas Bolger, senior stewardship analyst at Minerva, said the ESG debate had shifted “away from a previous focus of simply whether ESG metrics are included at all in incentive pay, and towards whether those metrics are sufficiently material, verifiable, measurable and credibly aligned with strategy and long-term value creation”.
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BP ballot row: a test for UK shareholder democracy?

IPE

March 26, 2026
Sarah Wilson, chief executive officer of British proxy adviser Minerva Analytics, has said that the absence of any explanation is at the heart of the issue and argues that BP has created a problem of its own making. They should have just been transparent. What is the problem with explaining?” she said. “They have just shot themselves in the foot. The automatic putting up of the shutters is going to make more of an issue, not less,” Wilson added. For her, the lack of explanation is not in keeping with the spirit of the UK Corporate Governance Code and particularly its ‘comply or explain’ principle.
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How the FTSE grew comfortable with bumper pay for bosses

Financial Times

March 21, 2026
Sarah Wilson of shareholder advisory firm Minerva told the FT: “‘Attract, recruit and retain’ are the three words that seem to mean ‘we’d rather not explain.’ It’s not a rationale - it’s a ratchet. The only thing being retained is the upward trajectory of pay.” Recent analysis by Minerva also shows that average shareholder support for remuneration has generally increased in recent years and policy votes usually pass, although three pay reports were voted down by shareholders in 2025: Melrose Industries, Plus 500 and Spirent Communications.
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Your Vote, Their Permission Why US Shareholder Proposal Rights Are Structurally Fragile, and What the Rest of the World Does Differently

SSRN

March 19, 2026
The author is the founder and Chief Executive of Minerva Analytics, an independent proxy advisory and stewardship research firm established in 1995. Minerva provides proxy voting research and recommendations to institutional investors across over 70 markets worldwide.
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