Reports and policies
Our commitment to disclosure
We regularly disclose our stewardship activities and provide our perspectives on governance topics so that our investors, portfolio companies, policymakers, and other interested stakeholders understand our four pillars of corporate governance and our approach.
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Reports
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.
Investment stewardship
November 14, 2024
The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the third quarter of 2024.
Investment stewardship
November 14, 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.
Investment stewardship
October 24, 2024
The entries in these tables illustrate the funds’ votes in certain geographies during the 2024 proxy year.
Investment stewardship
September 06, 2024
A look at our investment stewardship efforts in Japan during the 2024 proxy year, including corporate governance trends observed across Japanese companies. Download the Japanese language version.
Investment stewardship
August 30, 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.
Investment stewardship
August 30, 2024
The entries on this table represent the companies that Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team engaged with during the second quarter of 2024.
Investment stewardship
August 30, 2024
A look at our investment stewardship efforts in Europe for the 2024 proxy year and corporate governance trends seen across European companies.
Investment stewardship
August 30, 2024
A look at our investment stewardship efforts in the U.K. for the 2024 proxy year and corporate governance trends seen across U.K. companies.
Notes:
All investing is subject to risk, including the possible loss of the money you invest.
Investments in bonds are subject to interest rate, credit, and inflation risk.
ESG funds are subject to ESG investment risk, which is the chance that the stocks or bonds screened by the index provider or advisor, as applicable, for ESG criteria generally will underperform the market as a whole or, in the aggregate, will trail returns of other funds screened for ESG criteria. The index provider or advisor’s assessment of a company, based on the company’s level of involvement in a particular industry or their own ESG criteria, may differ from that of other funds or an investor’s assessment of such company. As a result, the companies deemed eligible by the index provider or advisor may not reflect the beliefs and values of any particular investor and may not exhibit positive or favorable ESG characteristics. The evaluation of companies for ESG screening or integration is dependent on the timely and accurate reporting of ESG data by the companies. Successful application of the screens will depend on the index provider or advisor's proper identification and analysis of ESG data. The advisor may not be successful in assessing and identifying companies that have or will have a positive impact or support a given position. In some circumstances, companies could ultimately have a negative or no impact or support of a given position.
