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Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund (VEA) 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 Tax-Managed 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 Vanguard Tax-Managed Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 41 MB)
TickersVEA (ETF Shares), VTMGX (Admiral Shares), VTMNX (Institutional Shares), VDIPX (Institutional Plus Shares), VDVIX (Investor 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 85.2% of the time across 1,432 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 95 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 41 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 415 | 111 | 26.7% |
| Other social issues | 16 | 0 | 0% |
On 2 of the 50,985 ballot items in its filing, 2 of them shareholder proposals, part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 4,553,290 shares in all, 0.002% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
Its filing also lists 7 separately voted blocks, 0.000% 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
Westpac Banking Corporation · 11 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Westpac Banking disclose what it finances, not just what it emits?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose the emissions attached to its lending, underwriting or energy mix — the ratio of clean to fossil financing, or an assessment of its clients’ own transition plans — rather than reporting only the emissions of its own offices.
AGAINST Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund voted with 32,213,965 shares
“Approve Transition Plan Approach and Climate Commitments”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Tax-Managed Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102035 · series S000004386 · open the filing
National Australia Bank Limited · 12 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Approve Disclosure of Financed Deforestation
AGAINST Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund voted with 28,834,045 shares
“Approve Disclosure of Financed Deforestation”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Tax-Managed Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102035 · series S000004386 · open the filing
JD Sports Fashion Plc · 2 July 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should JD Sports Fashion disclose more about the people it employs?
Shareholders asked for fuller disclosure of the company’s human capital — the composition of the workforce, turnover, and how the company invests in the people it employs.
AGAINST Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund voted with 22,395,005 shares
“Oversee the Preparation of a Report to Provide Investors the Information Needed to Assess the Company's Approach to Human Capital Management”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Tax-Managed Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102035 · series S000004386 · open the filing
Marks & Spencer Group Plc · 1 July 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Marks & Spencer Group disclose more about the people it employs?
Shareholders asked for fuller disclosure of the company’s human capital — the composition of the workforce, turnover, and how the company invests in the people it employs.
AGAINST Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund voted with 18,331,544 shares
“Oversee the Preparation of a Report to Provide Investors the Information Needed to Assess the Company's Approach to Human Capital Management”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Tax-Managed Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102035 · series S000004386 · open the filing
The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. · 25 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Kansai Electric Power 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 Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund voted with 9,414,699 shares
“Amend Articles to Add Provisions Concerning Management Based on CSR (Gender Diversity)”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Tax-Managed Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102035 · series S000004386 · open the filing
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. · 25 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Chubu Electric Power 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 Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund voted with 7,098,081 shares
“Amend Articles to Require Female Director Ratio on the Board of At Least 30 Percent”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Tax-Managed Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102035 · series S000004386 · open the filing
NTT, Inc. · 18 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Approve Deep Discount Stock Option Plan
AGAINST Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund voted with 263,455,075 shares
“Approve Deep Discount Stock Option Plan”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Tax-Managed Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102035 · series S000004386 · open the filing
The Toronto-Dominion Bank · 16 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
SP 3: Adopt Performance-Aligned Compensation Policy
AGAINST Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund voted with 16,234,931 shares
“SP 3: Adopt Performance-Aligned Compensation Policy”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Tax-Managed Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102035 · series S000004386 · open the filing
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