The Minerva Blog

US political and legal pressure on DEI is creating a growing disconnect with investor expectations, forcing boards to navigate conflicting risks between regulatory exposure and shareholder governance norms.

An early snapshot of how investors are responding to the 2026 UK Stewardship Code is beginning to emerge just as another proxy season gets under way.

BP’s 2026 AGM should be understood first as the consequence of a mishandled governance issue, and only second as a response to activist campaigning.

This proxy update highlights key voting outcomes from the past few weeks of the 2026 proxy season and assesses key developments for the week ahead.

Climate litigation is moving upstream into corporate strategy, raising the prospect that courts could directly constrain future fossil fuel investment and redefine board accountability for capital allocation decisions.

A cluster of interventions on sustainability-linked stewardship landed in the three weeks when trustees have the least capacity.

The US Department of Labor has quietly opened a new front in the long‑running campaign against proxy advice and stewardship.

A Texas federal judge has refused to let the state revive its anti-ESG investment law while its Fifth Circuit appeal plays out.

In March 2026, Minerva submitted a formal response to the FCA’s consultation paper CP25/34, which for the first time would bring ESG rating providers within the UK regulatory perimeter.

Germany has abruptly narrowed its “acting in concert” standard after a rebuke from the Court of Justice of the European Union.

On 27 May, ExxonMobil shareholders will vote on a ballot that includes a proposal to redomicile the company from New Jersey to Texas.

Aviva plc, the UK‑listed insurer and asset manager, has confirmed that its 2026 Annual General Meeting will be held at its regional office in York on 6 May, starting at 9am.

The FCA’s consultation CP26/5 proposes the most significant overhaul of listed company sustainability disclosure in the UK for years.

Switzerland has opened consultation on a draft Federal Act on Sustainable Corporate Governance that offers one of the clearest early signals of how European sustainability regulation is evolving after the EU Omnibus.

BP’s decision to exclude a Follow This shareholder resolution from its 2026 AGM has moved beyond a technical dispute and into a direct test of board authority.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is preparing to propose a shift away from mandatory quarterly reporting