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SpaceX IPO highlights governance risks as Musk consolidates control

29 May 2026

SpaceX’s long‑awaited IPO comes with a clear message for investors: buy into the growth story, but expect little say in how the company is run.
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Santos faces shareholder pressure ahead of AGM

4 April 2023

Santos Ltd holds its 2023 AGM on 6 April and has faced shareholder criticism over its climate ambitions and executive remuneration.
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HSBC added to Texas’ banned list over fossil fuel policy

31 March 2023

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TPR urges chairs to improve board diversity

30 March 2023

Latest guidance by the UK pensions watchdog has urged chairs to play a key role in making boards more diverse and inclusive.
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IASB begins climate-related risk project

28 March 2023

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has begun evaluating how companies can improve their climate-related risk reporting.
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EU to clamp down on greenwashing

24 March 2023

The EU Commission has proposed new rules on companies' environmental claims - but some campaigners say they don't go far enough.
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Biden vetoes bill to overturn DOL ESG rule

23 March 2023

US President Joe Biden has vetoed a bill that would prevent pension fund managers from considering climate change and ESG factors in their investment decisions.
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Proxy preview: E&S proposals to rise in 2023

21 March 2023

Despite average support for environmental and social shareholder proposals declining in FTSE 350 copmany AGMs in 2022, Minerva predicts that there may be a return to strength in 2023.
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Shareholders double-down as BP pushes back on climate

17 March 2023

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Racial justice audits set to rise in 2023

17 March 2023

With 2022 another record year for shareholder proposals on racial justice audits, 2023 looks set to continue the trend.
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Dutch pension funds lack support for climate resolutions

16 March 2023

The study of 12 Dutch pension funds’ voting behaviour revealed 11 are sending ‘mixed’ or ‘weak’ climate signals in their voting.
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Kansas anti-ESG bill could reduce pension returns by $3.6bn

14 March 2023

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Rio Tinto pays $15m penalty over bribery failures

10 March 2023

Rio Tinto has paid the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) $15m to settle charges from the regulator over bribery failures.
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UK social taskforce members revealed

9 March 2023

Membership of the UK’s new social taskforce has been revealed, with Minerva Analytics part of this founding group
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Do more on diversity, SEC urged by ex-chairs

7 March 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could be doing more in its work to improve diversity within the US financial services industry, several of its former chairwomen have agreed.
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Activist group Follow This files resolutions against oil majors

3 March 2023

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House passes resolution to repeal DOL ESG rule

2 March 2023

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