Vanguard cares deeply about good corporate governance – we are asset stewards charged with seeking long-term value for our investors.
Investment stewardship pillars
Board composition and effectiveness, governance structure, appropriate remuneration, and risk oversight.
Policies and guidelines
Our proxy voting guidelines, responsible investment policy and views on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.
Latest perspectives
Policy Insights: Highlighting Vanguard's views on Climate proposals
Policy Insights: Highlighting Vanguard's views on executive compensation
Voting Insights: Proxy contest at Kohl's over company strategy and board oversight
Voting Insights: Proposals to approve the supervisory boards' actions at German automakers
Voting Insights: Key Votes
Voting Insights: Shareholder proposal on lending for fossil fuel development at Goldman Sachs
Voting Insights: Merger, Say on Climate vote, and other resolutions at Woodside
Voting Insights: Say on Climate vote and other resolutions at Santos Limited
Voting Insights: Shareholder proposal on anticompetitive practices at Pfizer
Voting Insights: Shareholder proposal on severance agreements at AbbVie
Voting Insights: Shareholder proposals related to human capital management, climate, and an independent board chair at Berkshire Hathaway
Voting Insights: Director accountability at Discovery, Inc., for executive compensation practices
Voting Insights: Voting Insights: Issuance of shares amid an acquisition by Skillsoft Corp
Voting Insights: Shareholder proposals related to pay gaps, civil rights, and concealment clauses at Apple
Voting Insights: Shareholder proposal regarding executive compensation at AmerisourceBergen
Proxy voting policy for Latin America portfolio companies
Vanguard Investment Stewardship 2021 Annual Report (12 months ended December 31, 2021)
Proxy voting policy for Brazilian portfolio companies
Proxy voting policy for Canadian portfolio companies
Proxy voting policy for Mexican portfolio companies
Proxy voting policy for Japanese portfolio companies
Voting Insights: Shareholder proposal seeks science-based emissions targets at Costco
Vanguard Investment Stewardship Insights: Expectations for companies with significant coal exposure
Voting Insights: Environmental and social proposals at Origin Energy
Voting Insights: Management proposal to convert to a public benefit corporation at United Therapeutics
Voting Insights: A request for enhanced diversity, equity, and inclusion disclosures at Nike, Inc.
Voting Insights: Diversity and human rights reporting at Tesla
Voting Insights: Executive compensation and disclosures on lobbying and diversity at FedEx
Global Investment Stewardship Principles
Investment Stewardship: About our program
Proxy voting policy for Australian and New Zealand portfolio companies
Proxy voting policy for UK and European portfolio companies
Proxy voting policy for U.S. portfolio companies
Vanguard Investment Stewardship 2021 Semi Annual Report
Vanguard Investment Stewardship 2020 Annual Report (12 months ended December 31, 2020)
Vanguard Investment Stewardship Commentary: What we do. How we do it. Why it matters.
Vanguard Investment Stewardship 2020 Annual Report (12 months ended June 30, 2020)
Vanguard Investment Stewardship 2020 Semi Annual Report
Vanguard Investment Stewardship Perspectives - Board Diversity
2018 Investment Stewardship: In focus: Australia & New Zealand
Addendum to Vanguard's Proxy Voting Policy
Vanguard Investments Australia complies with the Financial Services Council Standard on Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship (Stewardship Code).
Vanguard is a signatory of UNPRI
