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Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund (VDC) 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
Vanguard World Fund 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 Vanguard World Fund on 2026-08-27 · open the filing
TickersVDC (ETF Shares), VCSAX (Admiral 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 93.6% of the time across 78 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 18 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 17 | 1 | 5.9% |
| Other social issues | 6 | 0 | 0% |
On 3 of the 1,132 ballot items in its filing part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 851 shares in all, 0.000% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
Its filing lists 5 ballot items more than once, with different share counts (10 rows in all): parts of this fund’s shares were voted separately. Each such item is counted once here, with all of its shares, the way most of them were cast.
Its filing also lists 2,630 separately voted blocks, 0.81% of the shares it voted: the shares of investors who chose their own voting policy under Vanguard Investor Choice. The figures here count the fund’s own vote. How Investor Choice shows up in the filings →
Ballots it voted
The Coca-Cola Company · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Coca-Cola report on the single-use plastic it puts into the world?
Shareholders asked for a report on how much single-use plastic packaging the company uses, the risks that creates as regulation tightens, and what it plans to do to reduce it.
AGAINST Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund voted with 9,848,413 shares
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report evaluating the Company's plastics packaging policies”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102052 · series S000004447 · open the filing
The Procter & Gamble Company · 14 October 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Procter & Gamble report on the single-use plastic it puts into the world?
Shareholders asked for a report on how much single-use plastic packaging the company uses, the risks that creates as regulation tightens, and what it plans to do to reduce it.
AGAINST Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund voted with 6,021,286 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Requesting Additional Reporting on Plastic Packaging”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102052 · series S000004447 · open the filing
Walmart Inc. · 4 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Walmart explain how its board oversees the safety of the people who work for it?
Shareholders asked for a report on how health and safety is actually governed — who on the board is accountable, what the company measures, how injuries and fatalities are counted, and whether contractors and temporary workers are covered by the same standards as employees.
AGAINST Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund voted with 11,509,556 shares
“Report on Workplace Health and Safety Governance”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102052 · series S000004447 · open the filing
PepsiCo, Inc. · 6 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should PepsiCo 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 Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund voted with 2,738,500 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Report on Human Rights Oversight.”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102052 · series S000004447 · open the filing
The Coca-Cola Company · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Coca-Cola publish what its inclusion policies actually do for its workforce?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s LGBTQIA+ equity and inclusion efforts within its human capital management strategy — what the policies are, how they are measured, and what they have changed for employees.
AGAINST Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund voted with 9,848,413 shares
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the extent of the Company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102052 · series S000004447 · open the filing
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
To provide a report regarding internal diversity and inclusion policies and practices.
AGAINST Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund voted with 480,521 shares
“A stockholder proposal to provide a report regarding internal diversity and inclusion policies and practices.”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102052 · series S000004447 · open the filing
Walmart Inc. · 4 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Request for Cumulative Voting for Board Elections
AGAINST Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund voted with 11,509,556 shares
“Request for Cumulative Voting for Board Elections”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102052 · series S000004447 · open the filing
Mondelez International, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Mondelez International 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 Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund voted with 3,985,386 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chairman policy”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102052 · series S000004447 · open the filing
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