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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Awards

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

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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