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Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund (VWUSX) 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, 1.4 MB)
TickersVWUSX (Investor Shares), VWUAX (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, 21 of its 103 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 90.8% of the time across 76 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 18 | 1 | 5.6% |
| Workers & human rights | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Corporate governance | 38 | 19 | 50% |
| Other social issues | 29 | 3 | 10.3% |
On 49 of the 1,150 ballot items in its filing, 20 of them shareholder proposals, part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 74,369,448 shares in all, 2.49% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
Its filing lists 321 ballot items, 61 of them shareholder proposals, more than once, with different share counts (741 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
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 U.S. Growth Fund voted with 19,481,599 shares; the filing records 8,337,991 more cast another way on this item
“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 0001104659-26-102129 · series S000004444 · 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 U.S. Growth Fund voted with 10,572,857 shares; the filing records 3,111,100 more cast another way on this item
“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 World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102129 · series S000004444 · 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 U.S. Growth Fund voted with 8,649,090 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 0001104659-26-102129 · series S000004444 · 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 U.S. Growth Fund voted with 8,649,090 shares
“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”
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 0001104659-26-102129 · series S000004444 · open the filing
Constellation Energy Corporation · 28 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
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AGAINST Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund voted with 709,725 shares
“To consider a shareholder proposal (if properly presented) requesting a report assessing the bases for the company's diversity, equity and inclusion”
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 0001104659-26-102129 · series S000004444 · open the filing
Intuit Inc. · 22 January 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
The Board issue a report on the return on investment of the Company's diversity and inclusion programs
AGAINST Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund voted with 233,024 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting the Board issue a report on the return on investment of the Company's diversity and inclusion programs”
SourceVanguard World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102129 · series S000004444 · 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 U.S. Growth Fund voted with 2,912,006 shares
“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 World Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001104659-26-102129 · series S000004444 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
FOR Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund voted with 1,920,236 shares; the filing records 941,388 more cast another way on this item
“A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.”
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 0001104659-26-102129 · series S000004444 · open the filing
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