Wells Fargo
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Shareholder advocacy aimed at Wells Fargo
7 recorded campaigns from 3 organizations.
Sierra Club Foundation at Wells Fargo
Adopt a time-bound phase-out of financing for new fossil fuel expansion.
As You Sow at Wells Fargo
Publish a climate transition plan showing how the bank will align its financing with its 2030 emissions reduction targets.
SEIU Pension Plans Master Trust at Wells Fargo
Commission a third-party racial equity audit examining how the bank's policies and practices affect communities of color.
Clean Yield Asset Management at Wells Fargo
Report on how mandatory arbitration affects employees who bring sexual harassment claims, and reconsider requiring arbitration for those claims.
Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility at Wells Fargo & Company
Address the human rights risk in the bank's credit and bond underwriting for private prison and detention operators.
New York City pension funds (NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer) at Wells Fargo & Co.
Investors called on the Wells Fargo board to claw back pay from executives responsible for the bank's fake-accounts scandal and used the annual director election to signal accountability for oversight failures.
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, with Christian Brothers Investment Services and other members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility at Wells Fargo & Co.
Urged Wells Fargo to discontinue its Direct Deposit Advance product, a payday-style advance repaid automatically from the customer's next deposit, which the filers argued trapped customers in a cycle of debt through automatic repayment and high fees. Resolutions were filed for three consecutive years and the investors had engaged the bank since 2009.
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: Energy Supply Ratio | For | Published position |
| Sierra Club | Shareholder resolution: Charter a New Committee on Indigenous Peoples' Rights | For | Published position |
| Sierra Club | Shareholder resolution: Disclose Climate-Related Litigation Risk | For | Published position |
| Sierra Club | Election of directors (entire board) | Against | Published position |
2025
| Organization | Item | Asks shareholders to vote | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC Investment Group | Say-on-Pay | Against | Published position |
What shareholders voted on
From Wells Fargo’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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2020
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholder Proposal - Report on Incentive-Based Compensation and Risks of Material Losses | Shareholder proposal | 23.3% | Failed | |
| Shareholder Proposal - Report on Global Median Pay Gap | Shareholder proposal | 9.4% | Failed | |
| Shareholder Proposal - Requesting Shareholder Approval of By-law Amendments | Shareholder proposal | John Chevedden | 3.3% | Failed |
| Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation | Say on pay | 93.5% | Passed | |
| Ratify the Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2020 | Auditor | 90.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Steven D. Black | Director | 0% | Failed |
2019
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholder Proposal – Report on Global Median Gender Pay Gap | Shareholder proposal | 22.6% | Failed | |
| Shareholder Proposal – Report on Incentive-Based Compensation and Risks of Material Losses | Shareholder proposal | Arjuna Capital | 21.6% | Failed |
| Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation | Say on pay | 92.4% | Passed | |
| Approve the Company’s Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan | Company proposal | 95.5% | Passed | |
| Ratify the Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2019 | Auditor | 96.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Wayne M. Hewett | Director | 0% | Failed |
2018
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholder Proposal – Special Shareowner Meetings | Shareholder proposal | 36.3% | Failed | |
| Shareholder Proposal – Report on Incentive Compensation and Risks of Material Losses | Shareholder proposal | 21.9% | Failed | |
| Shareholder Proposal – Reform Executive Compensation Policy with Social Responsibility | Shareholder proposal | Jing Zhao | 6% | Failed |
| Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation | Say on pay | 92.9% | Passed | |
| Ratify the Appointment of KPMG LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2018 | Auditor | 91.4% | Passed |
Proxy statements and vote results
Straight from Wells Fargo’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 | 2026-04-30 |
| 2026 | Proxy statement | 2026-03-18 |
| 2025 | Vote results | 2025-05-02 |
| 2025 | Proxy statement | 2025-03-19 |
| 2024 | Vote results | 2024-05-02 |
| 2024 | Proxy statement | 2024-03-18 |
| 2023 | Vote results | 2023-04-27 |
| 2023 | Proxy statement | 2023-03-15 |
| 2022 | Vote results | 2022-04-29 |
| 2022 | Proxy statement | 2022-03-14 |
| 2021 | Vote results | 2021-04-30 |
| 2021 | Proxy statement | 2021-03-16 |
| 2020 | Vote results | 2020-05-01 |
| 2020 | Proxy statement | 2020-03-16 |
| 2019 | Vote results | 2019-04-26 |
| 2019 | Proxy statement | 2019-03-13 |
| 2018 | Vote results | 2018-04-26 |
| 2018 | Proxy statement | 2018-03-14 |
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