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Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund (VT) 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, 122 MB)
TickersVT (ETF Shares), VTWIX (Institutional Shares), VTWAX (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, 1 of its 4,063 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 89.7% of the time across 2,756 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 172 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 31 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 139 | 83 | 59.7% |
| Corporate governance | 935 | 286 | 30.6% |
| Other social issues | 81 | 0 | 0% |
On 2 of the 148,113 ballot items in its filing, 2 of them shareholder proposals, part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 192,038 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 854 ballot items, 47 of them shareholder proposals, more than once, with different share counts (1,708 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 138 separately voted blocks, 0.060% 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 Total World Stock Index Fund voted with 18,756,412 shares
“Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the use of our sold products.”
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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101952 · series S000022482 · 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 Total World Stock Index Fund voted with 7,414,744 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS ON 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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101952 · series S000022482 · 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 Total World Stock Index Fund voted with 5,178,188 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101952 · series S000022482 · 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 Total World Stock Index Fund voted with 5,178,188 shares
“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”
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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101952 · series S000022482 · 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 Total World Stock Index Fund voted with 2,953,880 shares
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the extent of the Company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts”
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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101952 · series S000022482 · 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 World Stock Index Fund voted with 782,200 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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101952 · series S000022482 · 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 World Stock Index Fund voted with 21,084,900 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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101952 · series S000022482 · 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 Total World Stock Index Fund voted with 1,960,795 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.”
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 International Equity Index Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-101952 · series S000022482 · open the filing
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