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Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund (VEU) 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 International Equity Index 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 International Equity Index Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 52 MB)
TickersVEU (ETF Shares), VFWSX (Institutional Shares), VFWPX (Institutional Plus Shares), VFWAX (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 86.3% of the time across 652 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 85 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 77 | 45 | 58.4% |
| Corporate governance | 429 | 146 | 34% |
| Other social issues | 15 | 0 | 0% |
Its filing lists 862 ballot items, 45 of them shareholder proposals, more than once, with different share counts (1,724 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 53 separately voted blocks, 0.086% 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 FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund voted with 7,455,064 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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101920 · series S000015871 · 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 FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund voted with 6,678,285 shares
“Approve Disclosure of Financed Deforestation”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101920 · series S000015871 · 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 FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund voted with 5,333,455 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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101920 · series S000015871 · 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 FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund voted with 4,343,215 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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101920 · series S000015871 · 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 FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund voted with 2,236,801 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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101920 · series S000015871 · 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 FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund voted with 1,693,915 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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101920 · series S000015871 · open the filing
NTT, Inc. · 18 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Approve Deep Discount Stock Option Plan
AGAINST Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund voted with 62,559,025 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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101920 · series S000015871 · 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 FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund voted with 3,821,679 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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101920 · series S000015871 · open the filing
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