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Caterpillar shareholder proposals

What shareholders asked Caterpillar to do, and how the funds inside American retirement plans voted on it — with the filing behind every vote.

11 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion

Should an independent auditor examine how Caterpillar affects civil rights?

Shareholders asked the board to commission an independent, third-party audit of the company’s impact on civil rights and racial equity — its workforce, its customers and the communities it operates in — and to publish what the auditor finds.

“Shareholder Proposal - Civil Rights Audit”

0 of 2 funds we track voted for it.

FundVoteShares voted
Industrials Portfolio AGAINST 21,300
Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund ABSTAIN 6,787

The same proposal was put to Walmart, PepsiCo, Mastercard Incorporated, Boeing, Deere, Bank of Nova Scotia.

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