Council of Institutional Investors
Already advocating as a shareholder
A nonprofit, nonpartisan association of US public, corporate and union employee benefit funds, public asset managers, foundations and endowments, founded in 1985 by public pension fund officials to pool proxy power. Its voting membership is more than 135 benefit plans, endowments and foundations with roughly $5.6 trillion under management. It advocates on corporate governance, shareowner rights and financial regulation, including to index providers and the SEC rather than only to individual companies.
How Council of Institutional Investors publishes its voting positions
- What it publishes
- Publishes general voting guidelines, but not per-item recommendations
- Written policy
- Published cii.org
- Coverage
- ComprehensiveCII has developed a comprehensive body of member-approved corporate governance best-practice policies (board composition, shareowner voting rights, executive compensation, and more), publicly posted; they are guidelines and not binding on members. A separate 'Proxy Voting Guidelines & Stewardship Resources' page, compiling individual member funds' own proxy voting guidelines, is gated to logged-in CII members.
Checked September 23, 2026. If this is out of date or wrong, claim this profile and correct it.
Companies Council of Institutional Investors has engaged as a shareholder
1 recorded campaign across 0 companies.
Council of Institutional Investors at S&P Dow Jones Indices (index-provider policy, not a single company)
Bar new companies with multi-class or non-voting share structures from the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600.
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