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Vanguard International Growth Fund (VWIGX) 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 · vote table (proxytable.xml, 1.7 MB)
TickersVWIGX (Investor Shares), VWILX (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. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 3 of its 32 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 91.4% of the time across 58 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Other social issues | 6 | 0 | 0% |
On 1 of the 2,090 ballot items in its filing part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 76,508 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 13 ballot items more than once, with different share counts (26 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.
Ballots it voted
The Toronto-Dominion Bank · 16 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Toronto-Dominion Bank 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 International Growth Fund voted with 3,609,576 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Say on Climate”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102109 · series S000004453 · open the filing
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 International Growth Fund voted with 2,360,565 shares
“Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the use of our sold products.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102109 · series S000004453 · open the filing
The Toronto-Dominion Bank · 16 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Toronto-Dominion Bank report on forced and child labour in what it lends to and finances?
Shareholders asked the bank to report on how it identifies and addresses forced labour and child labour risk in its lending and financing portfolios — not only in its own operations, but in the businesses its capital supports.
AGAINST Vanguard International Growth Fund voted with 3,609,576 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Forced and Child Labour in Loan Portfolios”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102109 · series S000004453 · open the filing
Microsoft · 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 International Growth Fund voted with 954,651 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102109 · series S000004453 · open the filing
HSBC Holdings plc · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should HSBC Holdings be able to take back pay awarded on results that turn out to be wrong?
Shareholders asked the board to strengthen its clawback policy, so that bonuses and share awards can be recovered when they were earned on misstated results or on conduct that later causes the company harm.
AGAINST Vanguard International Growth Fund voted with 12,519,634 shares
“Shareholder requisitioned resolution: Midland Clawback Campaign 1”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102109 · series S000004453 · open the filing
The Toronto-Dominion Bank · 16 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding Executive Compensation Policy
AGAINST Vanguard International Growth Fund voted with 3,609,576 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Executive Compensation Policy”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102109 · series S000004453 · open the filing
The Toronto-Dominion Bank · 16 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Regarding Board Youth Representation
AGAINST Vanguard International Growth Fund voted with 3,609,576 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Board Youth Representation”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102109 · series S000004453 · open the filing
The Toronto-Dominion Bank · 16 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Regarding Board Skill Diversification Policy
AGAINST Vanguard International Growth Fund voted with 3,609,576 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Board Skill Diversification Policy”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102109 · series S000004453 · open the filing
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