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Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund (VTIVX) proxy voting record 2026
Three ballots cast this season by the funds inside it. Vote first, then see what they did with the shares your savings paid for.
The question on the ballot
As filed
Vanguard Chester Funds files a notice for this fund: it holds other funds and casts no votes of its own. The record on this page comes from the funds inside it, weighted as this fund reports holding them — the shares your retirement savings paid for were voted there.
Folded fromVanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund (12.84%), Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund (33.27%), Vanguard Total International Bond II Index Fund (5.44%), Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (47.8%), Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (0.6%) · each ballot on this page names the fund that cast it and links to its filing · this fund’s own filing is a notice: open it
TickerVTIVX (Investor Shares) · 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 91.5% of the time across 3,914 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 174 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 33 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 152 | 90 | 59.2% |
| Corporate governance | 942 | 303 | 32.2% |
| Other social issues | 81 | 0 | 0% |
What it holds
The largest positions this fund reported, as a share of the fund. Your slice of each is that percentage of your balance.
| Company | % of fund |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 3.07% |
| Apple Inc | 2.84% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.29% |
| Microsoft Corp | 2.09% |
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 1.81% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 1.53% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 1.31% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.12% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 0.95% |
| Tesla Inc | 0.80% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 0.65% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | 0.60% |
SourcePortfolio holdings as reported by the fund for 2026-03-31 · open the filing
Ballots the funds inside 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 Morningstar Total Stock Market Index Fund voted with 734,536,781 shares — a fund held inside Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund
“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 Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101997 · series S000002848 · open the filing
Amazon.com, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Amazon.com report what its data centres do to its climate commitments?
Shareholders asked for a report on the electricity and water its data-centre build-out consumes, and on whether the growth in that demand can be squared with the emissions targets the company has already committed to.
AGAINST Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market Index Fund voted with 306,717,035 shares — a fund held inside Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS ON CLIMATE COMMITMENTS”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101997 · series S000002848 · 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 Morningstar Total Stock Market Index Fund voted with 233,972,393 shares — a fund held inside Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund
“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 Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101997 · series S000002848 · 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 Morningstar Total Stock Market Index Fund voted with 233,972,393 shares — a fund held inside Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund
“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101997 · series S000002848 · open the filing
AT&T Inc. · 14 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should AT&T publish the workforce breakdown it already files with the government?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its EEO-1 report — the table of employees by job category, race and sex that it is already required to submit to federal regulators — instead of keeping it confidential.
AGAINST Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market Index Fund voted with 224,898,483 shares — a fund held inside Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund
“EEO-1 Report Disclosure Policy”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101997 · series S000002848 · 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 Morningstar Total Stock Market Index Fund voted with 108,849,079 shares — a fund held inside Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the extent of the Company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101997 · series S000002848 · open the filing
NTT, Inc. · 18 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Approve Deep Discount Stock Option Plan
AGAINST Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund voted with 397,120,175 shares — a fund held inside Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund
“Approve Deep Discount Stock Option Plan”
SEC.gov will not render a vote table this large, so this row is drawn into the same layout EDGAR uses, from the entry in the filing. Every value is copied from it.
SourceVanguard Star Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102120 · series S000002932 · open the filing
Tesla, Inc. · 6 November 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.
AGAINST Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market Index Fund voted with 86,229,340 shares — a fund held inside Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund
“A shareholder proposal regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceVanguard Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101997 · series S000002848 · open the filing
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