Archived reports

The entries on this table are a representative sample of the types of proposals the Investment Stewardship team evaluated during the third quarter of 2025.

The entries in these tables illustrate the funds’ votes in certain geographies during the 2025 proxy year.

A look at our investment stewardship efforts in Japan during the 2025 proxy year, including corporate governance trends observed across Japanese companies. Download the Japanese language version. 

A look at our investment stewardship efforts in Europe during the 2025 proxy year and corporate governance trends seen across European companies.

A look at our investment stewardship efforts in the U.K. for the 2025 proxy year and corporate governance trends seen across U.K. companies.

A look at our Investment Stewardship efforts in the U.S. during the 2025 proxy year, including corporate governance trends observed across U.S. companies.

The entries on this table are a representative sample of the types of proposals the Investment Stewardship team evaluated during the second quarter of 2025.

The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the second quarter of 2025.

A look at our investment stewardship efforts in Australia and New Zealand during 2024 and corporate governance trends seen across both countries’ companies.

This report outlines our global voting and engagement efforts for the 12 months ended December 31, 2024.

The entries on this table are a representative sample of the types of proposals the Investment Stewardship team evaluated during the first quarter of 2025.

The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the first quarter of 2025.

The entries on this table are a representative sample of the types of proposals the Investment Stewardship team evaluated during the last quarter of 2024.

The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the last quarter of 2024.

This piece provides how the voting policy selections by Vanguard participating fund shareholders in Investor Choice were applied, and the rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted, on executive pay at Tesla, Inc.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on director elections at Tejon Ranch Co.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a shareholder proposal requesting an amendment to the advance notice provisions of the company’s bylaws at ServiceNow, Inc.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a shareholder proposal to eliminate supermajority requirements at Albemarle.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a shareholder proposal to adopt an EEO-1 report disclosure policy at Planet Fitness.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the Climate-related Financial Disclosure at Aviva plc.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on updated executive pay plans at Barclays PLC.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on corporate restructuring at JBS S.A.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on executive severance agreements at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the compensation of executives at The Hackett Group, Inc.

This piece outlines an example of an engagement about a board’s composition and evolution over time.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on remuneration policy proposals at EssilorLuxottica SA.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on director elections at Kao Corporation.