General Motors
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Shareholder advocacy aimed at General Motors
5 recorded campaigns from 1 organization.
As You Sow at General Motors
Implement a sourcing policy excluding deep-sea mined minerals from its supply chains until scientific findings are sufficient to assess the material environmental risks.
As You Sow at General Motors
Disclose its policies on the use of deep-sea mined minerals across its supply chain.
not stated in source at General Motors Company
Evaluate and disclose how the company's direct and trade association lobbying aligns with the Paris Agreement.
Climate Action 100+ investors at General Motors
Evaluate and report on how the company's direct and trade association lobbying aligns with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Office of the New York City Comptroller at General Motors
Disclose the company's lobbying policies, its lobbying spending, and its decision-making and board oversight of lobbying.
How organizations asked shareholders to vote
Positions these organizations published themselves, each linked to where they published it. Nothing here is our view of how to vote.
2026
| Organization | Item | Asks shareholders to vote | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Club | Shareholder resolution: Indigenous People's Rights Report | For | Published position |
What shareholders voted on
From General Motors’s own filings with the SEC. Support is the share of votes cast for and against, so abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted in it.
2026
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approve the shareholder proposal regarding the separation of Chair and CEO roles | Shareholder proposal | The National Legal and Policy Center | 22.3% | Failed |
| Shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal requesting a report on human rights standards for indigenous peoples | Shareholder proposal | IASJ | 14.8% | Failed |
| By advisory vote, the compensation of GM’s named executive officers | Say on pay | 93.5% | Passed | |
| The Amendment | Company proposal | 71% | Passed | |
| Independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 | Auditor | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Jan E. Tighe | Director | 99% | Passed | |
| Election of Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. | Director | 99% | Passed | |
| Election of Joseph Jimenez | Director | 98.2% | Passed | |
| Election of Mark A. Tatum | Director | 97.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Joanne C. Crevoiserat | Director | 97.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Wesley G. Bush | Director | 97.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Judith A. Miscik | Director | 97% | Passed | |
| Election of Devin N. Wenig | Director | 95.3% | Passed | |
| Election of Mary T. Barra | Director | 94.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Patricia F. Russo | Director | 88.4% | Passed |
2025
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding a report on supply chain GHG emissions reduction strategies | Shareholder proposal | 13.9% | Failed | |
| By advisory vote, the compensation of GM’s named executive officers | Say on pay | 91% | Passed | |
| The adoption of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation | Company proposal | 88.2% | Passed | |
| Independent registered public accounting firm for 2025 | Auditor | 99.3% | Passed | |
| Election of Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. | Director | 99.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Jan E. Tighe | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Judith A. Miscik | Director | 99.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Joanne C. Crevoiserat | Director | 99.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Wesley G. Bush | Director | 99.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Jonathan McNeill | Director | 99% | Passed | |
| Election of Joseph Jimenez | Director | 98.9% | Passed | |
| Election of Mark A. Tatum | Director | 98.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Devin N. Wenig | Director | 96.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Mary T. Barra | Director | 92.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Patricia F. Russo | Director | 91.9% | Passed |
2024
2023
2022
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal to lower the ownership threshold to call a special meeting | Shareholder proposal | John Chevedden | 38.9% | Failed |
| GM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal requesting a report on the use of child labor in connection with electric vehicles | Shareholder proposal | National Legal and Policy Center | 22.4% | Failed |
| GM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding separation of Chair and CEO roles | Shareholder proposal | 20.5% | Failed | |
| By advisory vote, the compensation of GM’s named executive officers | Say on pay | 92.6% | Passed | |
| The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as GM’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022 | Auditor | 99.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Judith A. Miscik | Director | 0% | Failed | |
| Election of Mary T. Barra | Director | 0% | Failed |
2021
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding shareholder written consent | Shareholder proposal | 49.8% | Failed | |
| GM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas emissions targets as a performance element of executive compensation | Shareholder proposal | 16.3% | Failed | |
| By advisory vote, the compensation of GM’s named executive officers | Say on pay | 95.5% | Passed | |
| The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as GM’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021 | Auditor | 99.6% | Passed |
2020
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding shareholder written consent | Shareholder proposal | 40.9% | Failed | |
| GM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding lobbying communications and activities | Shareholder proposal | 33.1% | Failed | |
| GM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding human rights policy implementation | Shareholder proposal | 32.2% | Failed | |
| GM’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal to amend the shareholder aggregation limit in the proxy access provision of the Company’s bylaws | Shareholder proposal | 20.6% | Failed | |
| By advisory vote, the compensation of GM’s named executive officers | Say on pay | 96.7% | Passed | |
| General Motors Company 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan | Company proposal | 96.7% | Passed | |
| The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as GM’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020 | Auditor | 99.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Patricia F. Russo | Director | 0% | Failed |
2019
2018
Proxy statements and vote results
Straight from General Motors’s own SEC filings. The proxy statement lists what shareholders were asked to vote on; the 8-K certifies how the vote went.
| Year | Filing | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vote results | 2026-06-04 |
| 2026 | Proxy statement | 2026-04-20 |
| 2025 | Vote results | 2025-06-05 |
| 2025 | Proxy statement | 2025-04-22 |
| 2024 | Vote results | 2024-06-06 |
| 2024 | Proxy statement | 2024-04-24 |
| 2023 | Vote results | 2023-06-22 |
| 2023 | Proxy statement | 2023-04-28 |
| 2022 | Vote results | 2022-06-15 |
| 2022 | Proxy statement | 2022-04-29 |
| 2021 | Vote results | 2021-06-16 |
| 2021 | Proxy statement | 2021-04-30 |
| 2020 | Vote results | 2020-06-18 |
| 2020 | Proxy statement | 2020-04-27 |
| 2019 | Vote results | 2019-06-07 |
| 2019 | Proxy statement | 2019-04-18 |
| 2018 | Vote results | 2018-06-14 |
| 2018 | Proxy statement | 2018-04-27 |
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