Our approach to engaging with portfolio company leaders and executing proxy voting is firmly grounded in our objective to safeguard and promote long-term investment returns for our funds and fund investors. Our funds’ passive investment strategies also inform our approach to investment stewardship—we do not seek to dictate portfolio company strategy or operations.
We share our perspectives on corporate governance practices we associate with long-term investment returns for Vanguard-advised funds with portfolio companies and other market participants.
We provide regular disclosure of our Investment Stewardship program and proxy voting policies and outcomes to give our investors, portfolio companies, regulators, and other key stakeholders an understanding of the activities we conduct on behalf of the Vanguard-advised funds.
Detailed reports on how Vanguard-advised funds voted over the last reporting period.