Minerva Briefings

Minerva’s Australia Proxy Season Review 2025 analyses key voting trends and governance developments from the latest Australian proxy season.

This briefing highlights key forces that will shape stewardship activity in the year ahead, including the regulatory tug‑of‑war over ESG and DEI, continued investor engagement on climate and social risks, growing focus on board accountability and the use of director elections as escalation tools, the accelerating move toward virtual‑only AGMs, and renewed debates around executive pay structures.

Explore the evolving forces shaping the DEI landscape ahead of the 2026 proxy season in Minerva’s latest briefing.

The 2026 Code introduces important changes for UK responsible investment and stewardship.

Gain actionable insights into the global landscape of dual-class share structures.

Unlock insights from the 2025 Proxy Season! Discover the essential trends, data and analysis that shaped shareholder voting across Europe, the UK and the US in 2025.

Is shareholder power further shifting away from sustainability?

As wars return to Europe’s borders, ESG frameworks have become an unexpected political target, accused of obstructing defence spending.

The review offers a summary of proxy voting activity across three regions: Europe, the US, and the UK, and an overview of the regulatory environment of each jurisdiction.