
Continuity for your engagement programme
Following Morningstar Sustainalytics' decision to close its Stewardship Engagement Service, investors relying on those programmes face an unwelcome gap: live engagements mid-dialogue, norms-based screening cycles, and imminent voting seasons approaching.
Minerva can bridge that gap.
We are Europe's independent stewardship support house: engagement, voting, governance research, ESG and climate data, and norms-based screening under one roof, with no conflicting business lines, no parent managing assets alongside you, and no pooled agenda your priorities have to share.
Stewardship support at Minerva is integrated with voting, so dialogue, escalation and the ballot work as one programme, pursued on your policy and your priorities rather than a one size fits all house view. We understand the GES methodology heritage, we already employ former Sustainalytics colleagues, and through our long-standing partnership with Engagement International, your programmes can continue without losing their history, their momentum or their evidence base.
Nor is migration the obstacle it is often assumed to be. Our platform comfortably ingests millions of complex data points seamlessly, so engagement histories, holdings, screening results and bespoke policies transfer intact and a change of provider does not mean starting again.
This week's news is also a prompt to step back. As regulatory expectations diverge across the Atlantic, resilience becomes part of the choice: European investors answer to European regulation, SRD II, CSRD and the stewardship codes, and there is a strong case for a stewardship approach anchored on the same side of the Atlantic, under the same expectations, growing in the same direction.
Whether your provider is withdrawing, or this simply feels like the moment to take stock of who conducts your engagement and on whose agenda, talk us this week.
Transitions are simpler the earlier they start.
Complete the form below to enquire, or contact Minerva CEO Sarah Wilson directly on +44 1376 503500 or at hello@Minerva.info
Minerva, together with our partner at Engagement International, offers milestone-based engagement frameworks. This partnership enables institutional investors to actively engage with companies to influence governance practices, ESG performance, and long-term corporate strategy. It facilitates structured, ongoing dialogue between investors and issuers, strengthening stewardship outcomes across global markets.
As a result, engagement activities also directly inform proxy voting decisions by providing deeper insight into corporate behaviour, governance quality, and ESG risks. This ensures voting decisions are fully aligned with broader stewardship objectives and long-term investment principles.
Voting
Integration
Thematic
Coverage
Escalation
Support
Climate transition, biodiversity, human rights, responsible tax
Engagement insights feed directly into voting actions, and vice versa
PRI, CA100+, Investor Alliance for Human Rights
From dialogue to shareholder resolutions and AGM attendance
International
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Drive real change, not just dialogue