McDonald's Corporation
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Shareholder advocacy aimed at McDonald's Corporation
9 recorded campaigns from 6 organizations.
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility members at McDonald's
End the subminimum wage for tipped workers.
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility at McDonald's
Stop supporting the lower minimum wage paid to tipped workers and commit to a living wage across the business and its franchises.
National Legal and Policy Center at McDonald's Corporation
Asked the company to analyse whether its stated human rights commitments are consistent with how it actually operates.
The Humane Society of the United States at McDonald's on disclosing its broiler chicken welfare indicators, 2024
Ask McDonald's to disclose the 15 key welfare indicators it adopted for broiler chickens and to explain how it is using each one to measure and improve animal welfare.
As You Sow at McDonald's
Issue a report examining the risks and opportunities of adopting reusable packaging systems to cut single-use plastic packaging.
The Humane Society of the United States at McDonald's on disclosing its broiler chicken welfare indicators, 2023
Ask McDonald's to disclose what exactly the 15 key welfare indicators used in its animal welfare programme are, with specific detail on each and on how the company uses it to measure and improve the welfare of animals in its poultry supply, within six months of the 2023 annual meeting, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information.
SOC Investment Group at McDonald's
Asked McDonald's board to commission a third-party audit of the company's policies and practices and their effects on franchisees, corporate and franchise workers, and consumers.
The Humane Society of the United States at McDonald's on gestation crate disclosure, and its SEC deception complaint, 2022
Asked McDonald's to report whether it was misleading shareholders about its 2012 pledge to stop sourcing pork from producers that house pregnant sows in gestation stalls, and then asked the SEC to investigate the company's statement that 85 to 90 percent of its U.S. pork would come from sows not housed in gestation crates during pregnancy.
Coordinates a multi-year Restaurant Antibiotics engagement with the largest North American quick-service chains
An investor coalition (Phase 2 backed by 43 investors representing $8.9tn) asks 12 of the largest North American QSR chains to adopt antibiotic-use policies aligned with WHO guidance across all key proteins globally, with implementation evidence via target-setting and auditing. Progress report: "Restaurants, Risk and Resistance," published Jan 27, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority Action | Say-on-Pay Proposal (Item 2) | Against | Published position |
2025
| Organization | Item | Asks shareholders to vote | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC Investment Group | Election of director Paul Walsh | Against | Published position |
What shareholders voted on
From McDonald's Corporation’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
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election of Margaret Georgiadis | Director | 99.7% | Passed | |
| Election of John Mulligan | Director | 99.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Lloyd Dean | Director | 99.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Stephen Easterbrook | Director | 98.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Sheila Penrose | Director | 97.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Richard Lenny | Director | 97.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Enrique Hernandez, Jr. | Director | 97.3% | Passed | |
| Election of Robert Eckert | Director | 97.1% | Passed | |
| Election of John Rogers, Jr. | Director | 95.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Paul Walsh | Director | 82.1% | Passed | |
| Election of Miles White | Director | 63.1% | Passed |
2018
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election of Margaret Georgiadis | Director | 99.6% | Passed | |
| Election of John Mulligan | Director | 99.5% | Passed | |
| Election of Stephen Easterbrook | Director | 98.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Sheila Penrose | Director | 98.4% | Passed | |
| Election of Lloyd Dean | Director | 96.9% | Passed | |
| Election of Richard Lenny | Director | 96.8% | Passed | |
| Election of Robert Eckert | Director | 96.3% | Passed | |
| Election of John Rogers, Jr. | Director | 95.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Jeanne Jackson | Director | 95.6% | Passed | |
| Election of Enrique Hernandez, Jr. | Director | 93.7% | Passed | |
| Election of Miles White | Director | 87.9% | Passed |
Proxy statements and vote results
Straight from McDonald's Corporation’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 | 2026-05-22 |
| 2026 | Proxy statement | 2026-04-07 |
| 2025 | Vote results | 2025-05-23 |
| 2025 | Proxy statement | 2025-04-07 |
| 2024 | Vote results | 2024-05-24 |
| 2024 | Proxy statement | 2024-04-08 |
| 2023 | Vote results | 2023-06-01 |
| 2023 | Proxy statement | 2023-04-14 |
| 2022 | Vote results | 2022-06-02 |
| 2021 | Vote results | 2021-05-26 |
| 2021 | Proxy statement | 2021-04-08 |
| 2020 | Vote results | 2020-05-22 |
| 2020 | Proxy statement | 2020-04-09 |
| 2019 | Vote results | 2019-05-30 |
| 2019 | Proxy statement | 2019-04-11 |
| 2018 | Vote results | 2018-05-30 |
| 2018 | Proxy statement | 2018-04-12 |
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