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500 Index Trust proxy voting record
John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust files this fund's proxy votes with the SEC once a year. This is what it did with the shares your retirement savings paid for.
SourceProxy-voting record filed by John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust on 2025-08-19 · open the filing · vote table (BRD031_0000756913_2025.xml, 172 MB)
How it voted, by issue
Proposals are grouped by the subject the filer itself recorded. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 89.5% of the time across 400 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 76 | 15 | 19.7% |
| Workers & human rights | 50 | 9 | 18% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| Executive pay | 34 | 15 | 44.1% |
| Corporate governance | 112 | 64 | 57.1% |
| Other social issues | 97 | 13 | 13.4% |
What it holds
The largest positions this fund reported, as a share of the fund. Your slice of each is that percentage of your balance.
| Company | % of fund |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | 7.42% |
| Apple Inc. | 6.51% |
| Alphabet Inc. | 5.77% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 4.24% |
| Amazon.com Inc. | 3.57% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 2.74% |
| Micron Technology Inc. | 1.99% |
| Meta Platforms Inc. | 1.89% |
| Tesla Inc. | 1.81% |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 1.45% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | 1.45% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 1.41% |
SourcePortfolio holdings as reported by the fund for 2026-06-30 · open the filing
Ballots it voted
Amazon.com, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Amazon.com publish a fuller account of its emissions and how it plans to cut them?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose its greenhouse gas emissions more completely, or to have its reduction targets independently assessed, so that the plan can be checked rather than taken on trust.
AGAINST 500 Index Trust voted with 1,963,855 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ALTERNATIVE EMISSIONS REPORTING”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008219 · open the filing
Amazon.com, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Amazon.com report what its data centres do to its climate commitments?
Shareholders asked for a report on the electricity and water its data-centre build-out consumes, and on whether the growth in that demand can be squared with the emissions targets the company has already committed to.
AGAINST 500 Index Trust voted with 1,963,855 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS ON CLIMATE COMMITMENTS”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008219 · open the filing
Nvidia Corporation · 25 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Nvidia publish the workforce breakdown it already files with the government?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its EEO-1 report — the table of employees by job category, race and sex that it is already required to submit to federal regulators — instead of keeping it confidential.
AGAINST 500 Index Trust voted with 5,099,196 shares
“Approval of a stockholder proposal to modify existing reporting on workforce data.”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008219 · open the filing
Amazon.com, Inc. · 21 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Amazon.com publish a report on working conditions inside its warehouses?
Shareholders asked the board to commission and publish a report on working conditions in the company’s warehouses — injury and illness rates, the effect of productivity quotas and the pace of work, and how the company’s own practices compare with what it says publicly.
AGAINST 500 Index Trust voted with 1,963,855 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON WAREHOUSE WORKING CONDITIONS”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008219 · open the filing
the Procter & Gamble Company · 8 October 2024 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Procter & Gamble publish the raw pay gap between its workers by gender and race?
Shareholders asked for “unadjusted” median pay gap figures — the plain difference between what women and men, and white and non-white employees, are paid across the whole company. Companies usually publish an adjusted number instead, which compares people in the same role and so cannot show whether one group is concentrated in the lower-paid roles.
FOR 500 Index Trust voted with 496,355 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Pay Gap Reporting.”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008219 · open the filing
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. · 3 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should the gap between Berkshire Hathaway’s top executive pay and its typical worker’s pay count for something?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose the ratio between its highest-paid executive and its median employee — and, in the versions filed as a “pay ratio factor”, to take that ratio into account when the board sets executive pay rather than treating it as a footnote.
AGAINST 500 Index Trust voted with 382,083 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company disclose the highest NEO's pay ratio.”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008219 · open the filing
Pfizer Inc. · 24 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Pfizer pays a departing executive?
Shareholders asked the company to seek shareholder approval for any severance package to a senior executive above a set multiple of salary and bonus — so that very large exit payments cannot be agreed by the board alone.
AGAINST 500 Index Trust voted with 1,181,300 shares
“Shareholder Vote Regarding Golden Parachutes”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008219 · open the filing
Johnson & Johnson · 24 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Johnson & Johnson pays a departing executive?
Shareholders asked the company to seek shareholder approval for any severance package to a senior executive above a set multiple of salary and bonus — so that very large exit payments cannot be agreed by the board alone.
AGAINST 500 Index Trust voted with 501,876 shares
“Shareholder opportunity to vote on excessive golden parachutes”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceJohn Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-19 · accession 0001438934-25-001064 · series S000008219 · open the filing
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