Proxy Voting
Stewardship – and proxy voting in particular – is a central way for investors to mitigate systemic risks to their portfolios. Below are resources that may assist shareholders mitigate systemic risks related to inequality and climate change via their proxy voting.
The 2025 Vote Guides from Majority Action provide investors with recommendations to support shareholder resolutions addressing systemic risks related to inequality, systemic racism, and climate change. These guides aim to empower fiduciaries to use their proxy voting power to promote corporate accountability and drive meaningful change in the 2025 proxy season.
Majority Action’s interactive Proxy Voting Dashboards complement our Climate in the Boardroom and Equity in the Boardroom reports, covering the 2024 proxy season, by providing a comprehensive breakdown of the proxy voting records of the 22 largest asset managers. These dashboards are a resource for asset owners and other interested parties to evaluate and compare how the world’s largest managers are using proxy voting to mitigate risks related to climate change, racial inequity, and social inequality.
Majority Action's Proxy Voting Policy Language provides model language for investors to incorporate into their proxy voting guidelines, aiming to hold corporate boards accountable for addressing systemic risks such as climate change, inequality and systemic racism.