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

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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Trump executive order targets proxy advisers in ‘once-in-a-generation governance recalibration’

Responsible Investor

December 12, 2025
Sarah Wilson, CEO of Minerva Analytics, said that “An attack on independent advice is an attack on investor voice. While Minerva competes vigorously with ISS and Glass Lewis, we share a common principle: investors must remain free to set their own policies and access independent research. Restricting that choice undermines stewardship sovereignty and ignores the risks to fiduciary duty, market integrity, and ultimately the retirement security of millions.”
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UK government and business call on investors to review defence exclusions

Responsible Investor

July 8, 2025
In related news, a paper from UK-based proxy and stewardship provider Minerva Analytics published this week noted that there are “very few regulatory red lines” that explicitly restrict defence investments, outside of those banned by international law.
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Assault on proxy advisers is an attack on the rights of asset owners

Financial Times

June 21, 2025
Pressure seeks to censor independent analysis and neuter shareholder oversight The writer is chief executive of Minerva Analytics, a shareholder advisory firm The proxy advisory firms are accused of cartel-like behaviour and ideological over-reach in their corporate governance advice with critics treating the fiduciaries who manage money with disdain, painting them as manipulated victims.
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