Stewardship and proxy voting
Fidelity’s core principles and history of helping to strengthen our customers’ financial well-being sit at the heart of our stewardship activities.
Overview
Fidelity sees stewardship as a critical tool for addressing material risks and opportunities in portfolios to help generate long-term value for our customers.
Investment stewardship
Stewardship involves an active approach to ownership: engaging with issuers on topics of strategic importance and voting on behalf of customers consistent with their long-term financial interests.
Our approach
Fidelity votes on behalf of the Fidelity Funds according to the Fidelity Proxy Voting Guidelines. We generally evaluate proposals on economic merit and support those that are reasonably likely to enhance long-term shareholder returns.
Proxy voting results
Mutual funds file their annual proxy voting results with the SEC by August 31 each year, covering the 12-month period ending June 30.
By the numbers
Learn more about our research, engagement activity, and proxy voting for the period ending June 30, 2025.
~18,000
Meetings held by members of the investment team
~6,300
Individual companies met with
~52,000
Votes cast by Fidelity, compared with ~50,000 in the prior year
93%
U.S./Canada votes cast in support of management, down from 94% in the prior year
91%
International votes cast in support of management, unchanged from the prior year
24%
Fidelity support for shareholder proposals submitted, compared with 21% in the prior year
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