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Putnam Sustainable Future Fund (PMVAX) 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
Putnam Investment 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 Putnam Investment Funds on 2026-08-21 · open the filing · vote table (proxyvote.xml, 5.1 MB)
TickersPMVAX (Class A Shares), PMPCX (Class C Shares), PMVRX (Class R Shares), PMVYX (Class Y Shares) · 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 88.7% of the time across 53 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 8 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Other social issues | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Ballots it voted
NextEra Energy, Inc. · 21 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should NextEra Energy 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 Putnam Sustainable Future Fund voted with 22,100 shares
“A proposal entitled "Paris Agreement Alignment" requesting NextEra Energy publish a report describing if and how the Company plans to reduce its total contribution to climate change and align its operations and investments with the Paris Agreement's goal of maintaining global temperatures well below”
SourcePutnam Investment Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360908 · series S000003851 · open the filing
NextEra Energy, Inc. · 21 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should NextEra Energy 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 Putnam Sustainable Future Fund voted with 22,100 shares
“A proposal entitled "Report on Net Zero Business Performance Risks" requesting the Board of Directors of NextEra Energy prepare a report within the next year, evaluating the potential costs and benefits to NextEra Energy created by aggressive emission reduction policies.”
SourcePutnam Investment Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360908 · series S000003851 · open the filing
Capital One Financial Corporation · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Capital One Financial 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 Putnam Sustainable Future Fund voted with 17,000 shares
“Stockholder proposal to require a shareholder vote on golden parachute arrangements.”
SourcePutnam Investment Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360908 · series S000003851 · open the filing
Datadog, Inc. · 15 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should a simple majority be enough to pass a measure at Datadog?
Shareholders asked the company to replace its supermajority voting requirements with a simple majority, so that a measure supported by most shares actually carries.
FOR Putnam Sustainable Future Fund voted with 63,200 shares
“The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple majority voting provision.”
SourcePutnam Investment Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360908 · series S000003851 · open the filing
Marvell Technology, Inc. · 25 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Marvell Technology 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 Putnam Sustainable Future Fund voted with 29,100 shares
“To consider and act on one stockholder proposal, entitled "Independent Board Chairman", if properly presented at the Annual Meeting.”
SourcePutnam Investment Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360908 · series S000003851 · open the filing
Tyler Technologies, Inc. · 5 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Tyler Technologies disclose the politics its money pays for?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its political spending — direct contributions and money routed through trade associations and other third parties — and whether that spending matches the values the company states publicly.
AGAINST Putnam Sustainable Future Fund voted with 13,040 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Political Spending.”
SourcePutnam Investment Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-21 · accession 0001193125-26-360908 · series S000003851 · open the filing
Other funds Putnam Investment 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.