A look at our investment stewardship efforts in Japan during the 2025 proxy year, including corporate governance trends observed across Japanese companies.
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.
The entries on this table are a representative sample of the types of proposals the Investment Stewardship team evaluated in 2024.
A look at our investment stewardship efforts in Australia and New Zealand during 2024 and corporate governance trends seen across both countries’ companies.
The report outlines the engagement activities of Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team and how Vanguard’s internally managed funds voted on proposals for the 12 months ended December 31, 2024.
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 first quarter of 2025.
The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the last quarter of 2024.
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.
The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard's Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the third quarter of 2024.
The entries on this table are a representative sample of the types of proposals the Investment Stewardship team evaluated during the third quarter of 2024.
The entries in these tables illustrate the funds’ votes in certain geographies during the 2024 proxy year.
The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard's Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the second quarter of 2024.
The entries on this table are a representative sample of the types of proposals the Investment Stewardship team evaluated during the second quarter of 2024.
The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard's Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the first quarter of 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 2024.
The Global Proxy Voting Policy describes the funds' general positions on matters that may be subject to a vote by portfolio company shareholders. This policy guides the funds' proxy voting at the shareholder meetings of companies around the globe according to the funds' four pillars of corporate governance and serves as the foundation of the funds' regional proxy voting policies.
The regional proxy voting policies describe the general positions of the funds on matters that may be subject to a shareholder vote at companies domiciled in each region. These policies are approved by the funds’ boards on an annual basis and published on Vanguard’s websites. These policies do not represent any significant change from the prior year’s policies.
This is the general proxy voting policy that applies to all companies domiciled in Australia and New Zealand. The effective date of the policy is August 1, 2025.
This is the general proxy voting policy that applies to all companies domiciled in Europe, followed by country specific policies for the U.K., Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Nordic markets. The effective date of the policy is February 1, 2025.
This is the general proxy voting policy that applies to all companies domiciled in Japan. The effective date of the policy is February 1, 2025. Download the Japanese language version.
This is the general proxy voting policy that applies to all companies domiciled in Mexico. The effective date of the policy is February 1, 2025. Download the Spanish language version.
This is the general proxy voting policy that applies to all companies domiciled in Brazil. The effective date of the policy is February 1, 2025. Download the Portuguese language version.
This is the general proxy voting policy that applies to all companies domiciled in Canada. The effective date of the policy is February 1, 2025. Download the French language version.
This is the general proxy voting policy that applies to all companies domiciled in the United States. The effective date of the policy is February 1, 2025.