Microsoft
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Shareholder advocacy aimed at Microsoft
6 recorded campaigns from 4 organizations.
National Legal and Policy Center at Microsoft Corporation
Asked the company to prepare a report, at reasonable cost and leaving out proprietary or legally privileged information, assessing the risks that come from using data unethically to develop artificial intelligence, the steps it takes to reduce those risks, and how it measures whether those steps work.
National Legal and Policy Center at Microsoft
Report on the risks of unethical or improper use of external data in the development and training of the company's AI offerings and the safeguards in place.
Open MIC at Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft
Issue a report on the material risk that the company's generative AI technology facilitates misinformation and disinformation.
Arjuna Capital at Microsoft
Report on the risks associated with misinformation and disinformation generated and disseminated through the company's generative AI and outline plans to address those risks.
AkademikerPension at Microsoft
Asked the board to issue a tax transparency report to shareholders, at reasonable expense and excluding confidential information, prepared in consideration of the indicators and guidelines set out in the Global Reporting Initiative's Tax Standard, which requires public country-by-country reporting of revenue, income, employees, cash taxes paid, taxes accrued and tangible assets.
Arjuna Capital at Microsoft
Transparently address sexual harassment claims through independent investigations and public reporting on the effectiveness of its policies.
What shareholders voted on
From Microsoft’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.
2018
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Say on pay | 0% | Failed |
2017
| Item | Kind | Asked for by | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | Say on pay | 91% | Passed |
Proxy statements and vote results
Straight from Microsoft’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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vote results | 2025-12-08 |
| 2025 | Proxy statement | 2025-10-21 |
| 2024 | Vote results | 2024-12-11 |
| 2024 | Proxy statement | 2024-10-24 |
| 2023 | Vote results | 2023-12-08 |
| 2023 | Proxy statement | 2023-10-19 |
| 2022 | Vote results | 2022-12-16 |
| 2022 | Proxy statement | 2022-10-27 |
| 2021 | Vote results | 2021-11-30 |
| 2021 | Proxy statement | 2021-10-14 |
| 2020 | Vote results | 2020-12-04 |
| 2020 | Proxy statement | 2020-10-19 |
| 2019 | Vote results | 2019-12-05 |
| 2019 | Proxy statement | 2019-10-16 |
| 2018 | Vote results | 2018-11-29 |
| 2018 | Proxy statement | 2018-10-16 |
| 2017 | Vote results | 2017-11-30 |
| 2017 | Proxy statement | 2017-10-16 |
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