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BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund (DGLAX) 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
BNY Mellon Strategic 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 BNY Mellon Strategic Funds on 2026-08-18 · open the filing · vote table (npx_811-03940_13275.xml, 3.3 MB)
TickersDGLAX (Class A), DGLCX (Class C), DGLRX (Class I), DGLYX (Class Y) · 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. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 100% of the time across 34 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 15 | 4 | 26.7% |
| Other social issues | 9 | 1 | 11.1% |
Ballots it voted
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. · 3 September 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
SP 1: Establish Formal Action Plan on Minimizing All Forms of Operations Waste
AGAINST BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund voted with 283,500 shares
“SP 1: Establish Formal Action Plan on Minimizing All Forms of Operations Waste”
SourceBNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000737520-26-000005 · series S000015656 · open the filing
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. · 3 September 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Alimentation Couche-Tard 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 BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund voted with 283,500 shares
“SP 4: Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies”
SourceBNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000737520-26-000005 · series S000015656 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft 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 BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund voted with 64,700 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
SourceBNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000737520-26-000005 · series S000015656 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft 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.
AGAINST BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund voted with 64,700 shares
“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”
SourceBNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000737520-26-000005 · series S000015656 · open the filing
Fastenal Company · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Fastenal 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 BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund voted with 237,000 shares
“Shareholder proposal relating to an EEO-1 reporting disclosure policy, if properly presented at the annual meeting.”
SourceBNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000737520-26-000005 · series S000015656 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Adobe disclose, or change, who sits on its board?
Shareholders asked the company to publish a board skills-and-diversity matrix, or to commit to a minimum representation of women among its directors.
AGAINST BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund voted with 39,300 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Board Matrix.”
SourceBNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000737520-26-000005 · series S000015656 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Adobe 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 BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund voted with 39,300 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Vote on Golden Parachutes.”
SourceBNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000737520-26-000005 · series S000015656 · 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.
FOR BNY Mellon Global Stock Fund voted with 78,930 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A MANDATORY INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIR POLICY”
SourceBNY Mellon Strategic Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-18 · accession 0000737520-26-000005 · series S000015656 · open the filing
Other funds BNY Mellon Strategic 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.