Vanguard’s investment stewardship activities are an important part of our mission to give investors the best chance for investment success.
We publish Investment Stewardship Insights to provide investors, portfolio companies, and other interested parties with timely perspectives on important governance topics and key votes.
We produce Insights articles to provide timely explanations of our perspectives on important governance matters and the rationale behind certain proxy votes or engagements with portfolio companies. Vanguard Investment Stewardship Insights are published throughout the year and are generally posted for 18 months.
Voting Insights
June 21, 2023
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on contested director elections at AGL.
Voting Insights
June 21, 2023
This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds did not support a DEI-related proposal at UPS.
Policy Insights
June 20, 2023
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.
Voting Insights
June 09, 2023
This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds did not support a climate-related shareholder proposal at BP.
Voting Insights
June 09, 2023
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on several proposals at Charter Communications.
Voting Insights
May 23, 2023
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on contested director elections at two Italian companies.
Voting Insights
May 12, 2023
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.
Voting Insights
April 20, 2023
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.
Policy Insights
February 16, 2023
This piece outlines what Vanguard-advised funds look for with respect to governance of material climate risks.
Policy Insights
January 25, 2023
This piece outlines the funds' consistent approach to evaluating contested director elections with the adoption of the universal proxy card.
Voting Insights
May 10, 2024
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds assessed the Climate Transition Action Plan and Progress Report at Woodside Energy Group.
Voting Insights
May 07, 2024
This piece outlines how Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team approaches executive pay.
Voting Insights
April 18, 2024
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the executive compensation plan at TransDigm.
Voting Insights
April 12, 2024
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the director election proposals at Bertrandt.
Voting Insights
April 05, 2024
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the executive compensation plan at Raymond James.
Voting Insights
April 03, 2024
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on contested director elections at The Walt Disney Company.
Voting Insights
March 08, 2024
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds assessed the adoption of an exclusive forum provision at Duke Energy Corporation.
Voting Insights
February 26, 2024
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.
Voting Insights
February 26, 2024
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the company’s stock option exchange program.
Voting Insights
February 23, 2024
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on director re-elections following a cyberattack at Medibank.
Voting Insights
December 22, 2023
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a merger agreement at Sculptor.
Voting Insights
December 21, 2023
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on the company remuneration report and the CEO’s retention equity grant.
Voting Insights
December 20, 2023
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on executive compensation and shareholder rights proposals at W&T Offshore.
Voting Insights
December 15, 2023
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on a lobbying shareholder proposal at Cenovus Energy.
Voting Insights
December 08, 2023
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on contested director elections at Masimo.
Voting Insights
December 08, 2023
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on shareholder proposals related to requests for audits of workplace safety practices.
Voting Insights
November 08, 2023
This piece provides rationale for how the Vanguard-advised funds voted on contested director elections at Atos.
Voting Insights
November 07, 2023
This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds voted against proposals related to a racial equity audit at Home Depot.
Voting Insights
November 06, 2023
This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds supported management proposals at Qantas.
Voting Insights
November 03, 2023
This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds supported an executive pay proposal at TreeHouse Foods.
Voting Insights
November 01, 2023
This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds supported a climate-related shareholder proposal at Coterra.
Policy Insights
September 20, 2023
This piece outlines what the Vanguard-advised funds look for when ESG metrics are included in executive compensation plans.
Voting Insights
July 06, 2023
This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds did not support the reelection of the vice chair of the board of directors.
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