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Growth Fund of America proxy voting record
Growth Fund of America 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 Growth Fund of America on 2025-08-28 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 3 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 81.3% of the time across 209 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 87 | 1 | 1.1% |
| Workers & human rights | 17 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 12 | 2 | 16.7% |
| Executive pay | 19 | 3 | 15.8% |
| Corporate governance | 58 | 31 | 53.4% |
| Other social issues | 37 | 2 | 5.4% |
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 Growth Fund of America voted with 58,241,083 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ALTERNATIVE EMISSIONS REPORTING”
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SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084552 · series S000009228 · 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 Growth Fund of America voted with 58,241,083 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS ON CLIMATE COMMITMENTS”
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SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084552 · series S000009228 · 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 Growth Fund of America voted with 58,241,083 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON WAREHOUSE WORKING CONDITIONS”
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SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084552 · series S000009228 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 10 December 2024 · 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 Growth Fund of America voted with 39,797,612 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
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SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084552 · series S000009228 · open the filing
The Boeing Company · 24 April 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should an independent auditor examine how Boeing 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.
AGAINST Growth Fund of America voted with 25,846,834 shares
“Civil Rights Audit.”
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SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084552 · series S000009228 · open the filing
Netflix, Inc. · 5 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Netflix strengthen its rules against discrimination and harassment?
Shareholders asked the company to amend its code of conduct, or report on its record, so that protections against discrimination and harassment are explicit and enforceable rather than aspirational.
AGAINST Growth Fund of America voted with 7,314,919 shares
“Stockholder proposal entitled, "Amend the Code of Ethics to enhance policies on non-discrimination, anti-harassment, and whistleblower protection," if properly presented at the meeting.”
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SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084552 · series S000009228 · open the filing
GE Aerospace · 6 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before GE Aerospace 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 Growth Fund of America voted with 13,560,116 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Requesting Vote on Severance Payments”
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SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084552 · series S000009228 · open the filing
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated · 14 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 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 Growth Fund of America voted with 11,339,049 shares
“Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding excessive golden parachutes.”
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SourceGrowth Fund of America, Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001104659-25-084552 · series S000009228 · open the filing
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