Vanguard’s investment stewardship efforts are an important part of our mission, giving investors the best chance for investment success.

We publish Investment Stewardship Insights to promote good governance practices and to provide investors and public companies with timely perspectives on important governance topics and key votes.

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 provides rationale for why the Vanguard-advised funds supported a climate-related shareholder proposal at Coterra.

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 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 why the Vanguard funds supported the election of a director and a proposal that requested Alphabet eliminate its multi-share class structure.

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard equity index funds supported a proposal requesting the company report on its political contributions.

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard equity index funds did not support a range of proposals focused on human capital management issues and executive compensation at Amazon.

This piece provides rationale for why the Vanguard equity index funds did not support a living wage shareholder proposal at the U.K. retailer.