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: Shareholder Rights Champion of the Year

Investors' Chronicle

December 2, 2025
Minerva was shortlisted for this award in recognition of its bespoke approach to stewardship and proxy voting-executing each client’s specific voting preferences, rather than applying a standardised voting policy.
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Finalist: Best Specialist ESG Data Provider

ESG Investing Awards

November 13, 2025
Minerva was recognised for its Defence Data solution, which delivers treaty-aligned ESG screening through the Minerva Nexus platform and supports compliance with regimes such as Italy’s Law 220/2021.
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Finalist: Best Specialist ESG Data Provider

ESG Investing Awards

November 13, 2025
Minerva was recognised for its research on Dual Class Share Structures (DCSS), covering trends , sunset provisions and voting behaviours.
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Runner-up: Most Innovative ESG Product

ESG Investing Awards

November 13, 2025
Minerva was recognised for our iClima Climate Mitigation Index, which quantifies companies’ contribution to avoided CO₂ emissions and aligns with the EU Taxonomy, WBCSD and Project Drawdown frameworks.
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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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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

IPOs – trends and historical performance

ShareSoc

September 30, 2026
Minerva Analytics’ briefing, Global IPOs: Growth, Governance and Risk, examines the drivers of the IPO revival and the governance questions emerging from it. Minerva reviews the structural dynamics shaping modern initial public offerings, focusing on how rapid scaling often compromises long-term corporate stewardship. The report highlights that while IPOs remain a vital mechanism for capital raising, governance standards accompanying new listings have deteriorated, posing significant risks to minority shareholders.
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Major proxy advisor sues state of Oklahoma

Governance Intelligence

August 28, 2026
As reported by Minerva Analytics, House Bill 4429, signed into law in May and due to take effect November 1, imposes additional requirements on proxy advisers when their recommendations differ from those of company management.
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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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Why is SEC eyeing mirror-voting rules for index funds?

Responsible Investor

June 30, 2026
Now, the focus has turned to stopping passive houses from having a say, claims Sarah Wilson, CEO of UK-based proxy adviser Minerva Analytics. She believes this is driven by anti-ESG sentiment as the "underlying motif".
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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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