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Shareholder advocacy aimed at Goldman Sachs
5 recorded campaigns from 2 organizations.
John Chevedden at Goldman Sachs
Publish an annual report disclosing lobbying policies, payments and recipients for direct, indirect and grassroots lobbying, and payments to tax-exempt organizations that draft model legislation.
Office of the New York City Comptroller, on behalf of the New York City retirement systems at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Disclose each year the ratio of the money the bank puts into clean energy supply against the money it puts into fossil fuel energy supply, and explain how the figure is worked out.
New York City Comptroller (NYCERS, Teachers' Retirement System, Police Pension Fund) at Goldman Sachs
Disclose annually a clean energy supply financing ratio showing financing for low-carbon energy supply as a proportion of financing for fossil fuel energy supply.
As You Sow at Goldman Sachs
Publish a climate transition plan showing how the bank will align its financing with its 2030 emissions reduction targets.
Nathan Cummings Foundation at Goldman Sachs
Publish a report on how mandatory arbitration affects employees, workplace culture, and the ability of employees to seek remedies for harassment and discrimination.
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 | Election of directors (entire board) | Against | Published position |
What shareholders voted on
From Goldman Sachs’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
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2023
2022
2021
2020
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our shareholders approved the Say on Pay proposal | Say on pay | 73.7% | Passed | |
| Our shareholders did not approve this proposal | Company proposal | 42.7% | Failed | |
| Our shareholders did not approve this proposal | Company proposal | 6% | Failed | |
| Our shareholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020 | Auditor | 95.4% | Passed | |
| Election of David A. Viniar | Director | 99.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Mark A. Flaherty | Director | 99.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Jan E. Tighe | Director | 99.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Peter Oppenheimer | Director | 99.3% | Passed | |
| Election of Mark O. Winkelman | Director | 99.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Adebayo O. Ogunlesi | Director | 98.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Drew G. Faust | Director | 97.9% | Passed | |
| Election of Ellen J. Kullman | Director | 97.1% | Passed | |
| Election of David M. Solomon | Director | 96.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Lakshmi N. Mittal | Director | 96% | Passed | |
| Election of M. Michele Burns | Director | 95.4% | Passed |
2019
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our shareholders approved the Say on Pay proposal | Say on pay | 90.9% | Passed | |
| Our shareholders did not approve this proposal | Company proposal | 40.3% | Failed | |
| Our shareholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2019 | Auditor | 96.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Mark A. Flaherty | Director | 99.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Peter Oppenheimer | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Jan E. Tighe | Director | 99.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Drew G. Faust | Director | 99.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Mark O. Winkelman | Director | 99.5% | Passed | |
| Election of David A. Viniar | Director | 99.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Adebayo O. Ogunlesi | Director | 99.3% | Passed | |
| Election of Ellen J. Kullman | Director | 97.8% | Passed | |
| Election of David M. Solomon | Director | 97.7% | Passed | |
| Election of M. Michele Burns | Director | 97.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Lakshmi N. Mittal | Director | 81.5% | Passed |
Proxy statements and vote results
Straight from Goldman Sachs’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 | 2026-05-01 |
| 2026 | Proxy statement | 2026-03-20 |
| 2025 | Vote results | 2025-04-24 |
| 2025 | Proxy statement | 2025-03-14 |
| 2024 | Vote results | 2024-04-25 |
| 2024 | Proxy statement | 2024-03-15 |
| 2023 | Vote results | 2023-04-27 |
| 2023 | Proxy statement | 2023-03-17 |
| 2022 | Vote results | 2022-04-29 |
| 2022 | Vote results | 2022-04-29 |
| 2022 | Proxy statement | 2022-03-18 |
| 2021 | Vote results | 2021-04-30 |
| 2021 | Proxy statement | 2021-03-19 |
| 2020 | Vote results | 2020-05-04 |
| 2020 | Proxy statement | 2020-03-20 |
| 2019 | Vote results | 2019-05-03 |
| 2019 | Proxy statement | 2019-03-22 |
| 2018 | Vote results | 2018-05-04 |
| 2018 | Proxy statement | 2018-03-23 |
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