shareholder resolution · 2025
Inspire Investing at Apple Inc.
Asked Apple to disclose each year how its corporate charitable contributions affect the risk that the company discriminates against people over their speech or their exercise of religion.
What happened
Result: Voted on at the annual meeting of 25 February 2025 as Proposal 7, 'Report on Charitable Giving'. About 1.87% of the shares voted for and against were in favour (169,119,141 for, 8,884,470,350 against, 87,816,017 abstentions, 3,038,264,304 broker non-votes). The proposal was not approved. Three other shareholder proposals were on the same ballot from other proponents, including a request that Apple cease its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, which drew 210,451,697 votes in favour.
We found no documented change by Apple that any source we opened attributes to this vote. Apple's statement in opposition told shareholders that its existing donations programme already follows a strict internal governance and approval process.
Form 8-K, results of the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, Apple Inc. via SEC EDGAR
Who is involved
- Inspire Investing filer
- Apple Inc. company
What this campaign is about
- Public access to information Necessary · UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Equal opportunity; end discriminatory practices Necessary · UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Communicates transparently Pivotal · JUST Capital
- Social Equity Necessary · Doughnut Economics