Investment Stewardship Insights

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

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds did not support a DEI-related proposal at UPS. 

This piece outlines how the Vanguard Investment Stewardship team, on behalf of Vanguard-advised funds, thinks about the role a board plays in listening to and responding to shareholder perspectives.

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds did not support a climate-related shareholder proposal at BP. 

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on several proposals at Charter Communications.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on contested director elections at two Italian companies.

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds voted against the discharge of board directors and senior management and did not support the reelection of two directors.

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds did not support a shareholder proposal requesting a third-party assessment of the company’s commitment to freedom of association and collective bargaining rights.

This piece outlines the funds' consistent approach to evaluating contested director elections with the adoption of the universal proxy card.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the directors’ remuneration policy and a related amendment to the performance share plan.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the 2024 reelection of directors.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the 2024 reelection of directors.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the executive compensation plan at Broadcom.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds assessed the Climate Transition Action Plan and Progress Report at Woodside Energy Group.

This piece outlines how Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team approaches executive pay.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the executive compensation plan at TransDigm.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the director election proposals at Bertrandt.  

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the executive compensation plan at Raymond James.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on contested director elections at The Walt Disney Company.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds assessed the adoption of an exclusive forum provision at Duke Energy Corporation.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a management proposal requesting that shareholders approve the company’s climate change report.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the company’s stock option exchange program.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on director re-elections following a cyberattack at Medibank.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a merger agreement at Sculptor.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the company remuneration report and the CEO’s retention equity grant.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on executive compensation and shareholder rights proposals at W&T Offshore.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a lobbying shareholder proposal at Cenovus Energy.

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

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on shareholder proposals related to requests for audits of workplace safety practices.

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

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds voted against proposals related to a racial equity audit at Home Depot. 

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds supported management proposals at Qantas.

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds supported an executive pay proposal at TreeHouse Foods.

This piece outlines what the Vanguard-advised funds look for when ESG metrics are included in executive compensation plans.

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds did not support the reelection of the vice chair of the board of directors.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on an executive pay proposal at Beyond, Inc.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on an executive pay proposal at Netflix, Inc.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on director election proposals at Keros Therapeutics, Inc.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a shareholder proposal to amend articles of incorporation at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on an executive pay proposal at Carlyle Group Inc.

This piece outlines how Investment Stewardship considers securities lending in the context of proxy voting for Vanguard-advised funds.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a stock plan proposal at Moelis.

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

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

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a proposal to discharge directors at Grifols.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on two shareholder proposals related to the company’s lobbying activities and political expenditures at Charter Communications.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on proposed amendments to company Articles of Association to enable registration as a B Corporation at Assura plc.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on shareholder proposals requesting the removal or registration and voting rights restrictions at Baloise.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a proposal to approve the renewal of the company’s takeover defense plan.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a shareholder proposal requesting a report on risks created by DEI efforts at Citigroup Inc.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on shareholder proposals requesting disclosure of a board skills and diversity matrix at NextEra Energy, Inc.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a climate-related shareholder proposal at Kinder Morgan.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on redomestication and executive pay proposals at Tesla.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a binding management proposal seeking an amendment of the company’s articles of association.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a climate-related shareholder proposal at Enbridge.

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

This piece outlines what Vanguard-advised funds look for with respect to governance of material climate risks.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on contested director elections at Norfolk Southern.

This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a shareholder proposal to declassify the board at Meritage Homes.