Prior to the 2026 establishment of VCMIS and VPMIS, proxy voting on behalf of Vanguard’s internally advised funds was administered by Vanguard Investment Stewardship. Reports and Insights from 2025 are archived here, in keeping with Vanguard’s commitment to disclosure.
Investment stewardship
November 14, 2025
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.
Investment stewardship
November 14, 2025
The entries in these tables illustrate the funds’ votes in certain geographies during the 2025 proxy year.
Investment stewardship
September 22, 2025
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.
Investment stewardship
September 17, 2025
A look at our investment stewardship efforts in Europe during the 2025 proxy year and corporate governance trends seen across European companies.
Investment stewardship
September 16, 2025
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.
Investment stewardship
August 27, 2025
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.
Investment stewardship
August 27, 2025
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.
Investment stewardship
August 21, 2025
The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the second quarter of 2025.
Investment stewardship
June 18, 2025
A look at our investment stewardship efforts in Australia and New Zealand during 2024 and corporate governance trends seen across both countries’ companies.
Investment stewardship
May 16, 2025
This report outlines our global voting and engagement efforts for the 12 months ended December 31, 2024.
Investment stewardship
May 15, 2025
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.
Investment stewardship
May 15, 2025
The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the first quarter of 2025.
Investment stewardship
February 28, 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.
Investment stewardship
February 14, 2025
The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the last quarter of 2024.
Insights
December 24, 2025
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.
Insights
October 29, 2025
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on director elections at Tejon Ranch Co.
Insights
October 02, 2025
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.
Insights
September 15, 2025
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a shareholder proposal to eliminate supermajority requirements at Albemarle.
Insights
September 09, 2025
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.
Insights
August 28, 2025
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the Climate-related Financial Disclosure at Aviva plc.
Insights
August 21, 2025
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on updated executive pay plans at Barclays PLC.
Insights
August 04, 2025
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on corporate restructuring at JBS S.A.
Insights
July 22, 2025
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on executive severance agreements at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.
Insights
July 22, 2025
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the compensation of executives at The Hackett Group, Inc.
Insights
July 18, 2025
This piece outlines an example of an engagement about a board’s composition and evolution over time.
Insights
June 12, 2025
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on remuneration policy proposals at EssilorLuxottica SA.
Insights
June 12, 2025
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on director elections at Kao Corporation.
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