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Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund (VGT) 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
TickersVGT (ETF Shares), VITAX (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 96% of the time across 251 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 40 | 8 | 20% |
| Other social issues | 12 | 0 | 0% |
On 5 of the 2,861 ballot items in its filing part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 3,342 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 12 ballot items more than once, with different share counts (36 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 7,599 separately voted blocks, 0.54% 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
NVIDIA Corporation · 24 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Nvidia 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 Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund voted with 128,237,922 shares
“Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the use of our sold products.”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102106 · series S000004452 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Adobe 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 Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund voted with 2,898,982 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Retirement Plan Climate Risk.”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102106 · series S000004452 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · 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 Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund voted with 32,157,888 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102106 · series S000004452 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · 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 Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund voted with 32,157,888 shares
“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102106 · series S000004452 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Adobe 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 Information Technology Index Fund voted with 2,898,982 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Board Matrix.”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102106 · series S000004452 · open the filing
Workday, Inc. · 16 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of employee retention rates by demographic category.
AGAINST Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund voted with 1,765,043 shares
“To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of employee retention rates by demographic category.”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102106 · series S000004452 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Adobe 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 Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund voted with 2,898,982 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Vote on Golden Parachutes.”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102106 · series S000004452 · open the filing
International Business Machines Corporation · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
A Change to IBM's Outside Director Stock Ownership Guidelines
AGAINST Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund voted with 6,072,342 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Change to IBM's Outside Director Stock Ownership Guidelines”
SourceVanguard World Fund · accession 0001104659-26-102106 · series S000004452 · open the filing
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