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Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund (VXUS) 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 Star 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 Star Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 112 MB)
TickersVXUS (ETF Shares), VGTSX (Investor Shares), VTSNX (Institutional Shares), VTIAX (Admiral Shares), VTPSX (Institutional Plus Shares), VTISX (Institutional Select 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 83.1% of the time across 1,508 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 | 141 | 89 | 63.1% |
| Corporate governance | 691 | 263 | 38.1% |
| Other social issues | 16 | 0 | 0% |
On 2 of the 137,737 ballot items in its filing, 2 of them shareholder proposals, part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 8,795,762 shares in all, 0.001% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
Its filing lists 877 ballot items, 49 of them shareholder proposals, more than once, with different share counts (1,754 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 135 separately voted blocks, 0.091% 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 Total International Stock Index Fund voted with 49,960,103 shares
“Approve Transition Plan Approach and Climate Commitments”
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
National Australia Bank Limited · 12 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Approve Disclosure of Financed Deforestation
AGAINST Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund voted with 44,672,352 shares
“Approve Disclosure of Financed Deforestation”
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
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 Total International Stock Index Fund voted with 35,837,893 shares
“Oversee the Preparation of a Report to Provide Investors the Information Needed to Assess the Company's Approach to Human Capital Management”
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
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 Total International Stock Index Fund voted with 29,435,145 shares
“Oversee the Preparation of a Report to Provide Investors the Information Needed to Assess the Company's Approach to Human Capital Management”
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
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 Total International Stock Index Fund voted with 14,185,315 shares
“Amend Articles to Add Provisions Concerning Management Based on CSR (Gender Diversity)”
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
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 Total International Stock Index Fund voted with 10,705,440 shares
“Amend Articles to Require Female Director Ratio on the Board of At Least 30 Percent”
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
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
“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
The Toronto-Dominion Bank · 16 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
SP 3: Adopt Performance-Aligned Compensation Policy
AGAINST Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund voted with 24,836,868 shares
“SP 3: Adopt Performance-Aligned Compensation Policy”
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
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