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Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund (BGGSX) proxy voting record 2026
Three of its ballots from this season. Vote first, then see what it did with the shares your savings paid for.
The question on the ballot
As filed
Baillie Gifford Funds 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 Baillie Gifford Funds on 2026-08-26 · open the filing
TickersBGGSX (Institutional Class), BGGKX (Class K) · share classes of one fund, with one proxy-voting record · as listed in its latest SEC filing of proxy votes
How it voted, by issue
Fund companies sometimes file the same proposal under different subjects. So that funds can be compared, each proposal is counted under the subject most of the filings we read gave it, the same for every fund on this site. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 15 of its 47 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 97.3% of the time across 37 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| Workers & human rights | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 18 | 10 | 55.6% |
| Other social issues | 13 | 1 | 7.7% |
Ballots it voted
Amazon.com, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · 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.
FOR Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund voted with 5,995 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS ON CLIMATE COMMITMENTS”
SourceBaillie Gifford Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0000930413-26-002706 · series S000026150 · open the filing
Amazon.com, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · 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 Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund voted with 5,995 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON IMPACT OF CLIMATE COMMITMENTS”
SourceBaillie Gifford Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0000930413-26-002706 · series S000026150 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Meta Platforms assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
FOR Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund voted with 1,815 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding report on human rights due diligence.”
SourceBaillie Gifford Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0000930413-26-002706 · series S000026150 · open the filing
Tesla, Inc. · 6 November 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Tesla report on forced and child labour in what it lends to and finances?
Shareholders asked the bank to report on how it identifies and addresses forced labour and child labour risk in its lending and financing portfolios — not only in its own operations, but in the businesses its capital supports.
AGAINST Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund voted with 1,304 shares
“A shareholder proposal requesting a child labor audit.”
SourceBaillie Gifford Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0000930413-26-002706 · series S000026150 · open the filing
Workday, Inc. · 16 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of employee retention rates by demographic category.
AGAINST Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund voted with 884 shares
“To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of employee retention rates by demographic category.”
SourceBaillie Gifford Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0000930413-26-002706 · series S000026150 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
AGAINST Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund voted with 1,815 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.”
SourceBaillie Gifford Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0000930413-26-002706 · series S000026150 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should Meta Platforms report on what its platform costs children?
Shareholders asked for a report on the costs and benefits of the software the company uses to detect child sexual abuse material, and on the effect of its safety and privacy choices on children using the service.
AGAINST Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund voted with 1,815 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding report on integrating child safety improvements into the executive compensation program.”
SourceBaillie Gifford Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0000930413-26-002706 · series S000026150 · open the filing
Amazon.com, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Amazon.com also chair the board that supervises them?
Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.
AGAINST Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund voted with 5,995 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A MANDATORY INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIR POLICY”
SourceBaillie Gifford Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0000930413-26-002706 · series S000026150 · open the filing
Other funds Baillie Gifford Funds votes
The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.
No 401(k) plan we index offers this fund. Its record is here because the fund files it with the SEC, as every fund must: whoever holds it, in an IRA, a brokerage account or a plan we have not indexed, the fund votes those shares as shown on this page.