Walmart
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Shareholder advocacy aimed at Walmart
14 recorded campaigns from 5 organizations.
As You Sow at Walmart
Assess and report on the effectiveness of due diligence policies for supplier compliance with local law and company standards in the avocado supply chain.
The Shareholder Commons at Walmart
Vote against the re-election of board chair Gregory Penner because Walmart pays starting wages of about 13 dollars an hour against a living wage of about 23 dollars an hour.
Legal & General Investment Management America at Walmart
Establish company wage policies reasonably designed to provide workers with the minimum earnings necessary to meet a family's basic needs.
Walmart shareholder proposal presented by associate Cynthia Murray (filer not named in source) at Walmart
Audit internal policies to protect employees from workplace violence, particularly gun violence.
Cynthia Murray, a Walmart store associate and shareholder at Walmart
Commission an independent outside review of how company policies and practices affect safety and violence in its stores, including gun violence.
The Shareholder Commons at Walmart
Establish company wage policies consistent with fiduciary duties that give workers earnings sufficient to meet basic family needs.
Ran a six-year Sustainable Proteins engagement with 23 global food retailers and manufacturers (now closed/succeeded)
Asked 23+ global food retailers/manufacturers to set time-bound targets for growing plant-based/alternative-protein share of portfolio and disclose progress. Now closed and succeeded by the Protein Diversification engagement.
National Legal and Policy Center at Walmart Inc.
Asked Walmart to report annually on the extent to which its operations depend on, and are vulnerable to, China. The filer's own title for the proposal was a Communist China audit.
United for Respect Education Fund at Walmart
Asked Walmart's board to commission an independent, third-party racial equity audit analyzing the company's impact on Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities and employees, with the results made public and improvements recommended. Related investor materials tied this to workers' difficulty advancing into management.
Zevin Asset Management at Walmart
Disclose corporate spending on direct and indirect lobbying activities so shareholders can assess whether Walmart's lobbying is consistent with the company's stated goals and interests.
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (Sr. Sue Ernster) at Walmart
Asked Walmart's board to report on whether the company's starting hourly wages for new associates are consistent with Walmart's own racial-justice commitments.
Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner at Walmart
Disclose how the company will limit its climate impact by increasing the scale, pace and rigour of its plans to scale back hydrofluorocarbons used in its operations.
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration at Walmart
Have the board oversee a report on whether starting pay for all job categories aligns with Walmart's racial-justice commitments.
Organization United for Respect at Walmart
Study the feasibility of providing two weeks of paid sick leave, and two weeks of paid leave to care for a sick or quarantined family member or a child whose school or child care is closed, as a standard associate benefit not limited to COVID-19.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC Investment Group | Shareholder proposal: U.S. immigration policy impacts disclosure | For | Published position |
| Majority Action | Say-on-Pay Proposal (Item 3) | Against | Published position |
What shareholders voted on
From Walmart’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.
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Proxy statements and vote results
Straight from Walmart’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 | 2026-06-05 |
| 2026 | Proxy statement | 2026-04-23 |
| 2025 | Vote results | 2025-06-06 |
| 2025 | Proxy statement | 2025-04-24 |
| 2024 | Vote results | 2024-06-07 |
| 2024 | Proxy statement | 2024-04-25 |
| 2023 | Vote results | 2023-06-02 |
| 2023 | Proxy statement | 2023-04-20 |
| 2022 | Vote results | 2022-06-03 |
| 2022 | Proxy statement | 2022-04-21 |
| 2021 | Vote results | 2021-06-04 |
| 2021 | Proxy statement | 2021-04-22 |
| 2020 | Vote results | 2020-06-05 |
| 2020 | Proxy statement | 2020-04-23 |
| 2019 | Vote results | 2019-06-10 |
| 2019 | Proxy statement | 2019-04-23 |
| 2018 | Vote results | 2018-06-05 |
| 2018 | Proxy statement | 2018-04-20 |
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