2015 Voting Policies
Access and view our retired benchmark voting policies.
- China Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Hong Kong Proxy Voting Guidelines
- India Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Japan Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Japan Proxy Voting Guidelines (Japanese version) 日本向け議決権行使助言基準
- Korea Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Singapore Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Taiwan Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Australia Proxy Voting Guidelines
- New Zealand Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Asia-Pacific Regional Proxy Voting Summary Guidelines (covers markets not listed above)
- European Proxy Voting Summary Guidelines
- UK & Ireland Proxy Voting Guidelines
- French Equity-Based Compensation
- FAQ Rémunération en actions – France 2015
- EMEA Regional (covering European policies not included above)
- Israel Proxy Voting Guidelines
- South Africa Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Russia & Kazakhstan Proxy Voting Guidelines
United States
- U.S. Proxy Voting Summary Guidelines
- U.S. Proxy Voting Concise Guidelines
- U.S. Independent Chair Policy FAQ
- U.S. Equity Plan Scorecard FAQ
- U.S. Compensation policies FAQ
- Policies on Selected Topics FAQ
- Americas Regional Proxy Voting Summary Guidelines (covers markets not listed above)
- TSR Information for U.S. Performance Related Policies
Canada
- Canadian Proxy Voting Guidelines (TSX-Listed Companies)
- Canadian Proxy Voting Guidelines (Venture Companies)
- Canadian Compensation Policy FAQs
- Canadian Advance Notice Requirements FAQs
Latin America
Taft-Hartley
- Taft-Hartley U.S. Voting Guidelines
- Taft-Hartley U.S. Policy Updates
- Taft-Hartley International Voting Guidelines
- Taft-Hartley International Policy Updates
Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)
- SRI U.S. Voting Guidelines
- SRI U.S. Policy Updates
- SRI International Voting Guidelines
- SRI International Policy Updates
Sustainability
- Sustainability U.S. Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Sustainability U.S. Policy Updates
- Sustainability International Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Sustainability International Policy Updates
Public Fund
- Public Fund U.S. Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Public Fund U.S. Policy Updates
- Public Fund International Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Public Fund International Policy Updates
Faith-Based
- Catholic Faith-Based U.S. Voting Guidelines
- Catholic Faith-Based U.S. Policy Updates
- Catholic Faith-Based International Voting Guidelines
- Catholic Faith-Based International Policy Updates
Most Recent Benchmark Policy Updates
- Executive Summary of Key 2015 Updates and Policy Development Process
- 2015 U.S. Policy Updates
- 2015 Canadian Policy Updates
- 2015 European Policy Updates
- 2015 Asia-Pacific Policy Updates
- 2015 Japanese Policy Updates – ISS議決権行使助言方針（ポリシー）改定の正式決定について
- FAQ on Japan’s Corporate Governance Code and ISS’ Director Election Policy
- 2015-2016 Australia Policy Updates
Explore Current Policies
Our robust and transparent voting policies cover thousands of corporations across every region of the globe. They are regularly reviewed and vetted and can be accessed through our Voting Policy Gateway.
Benchmark Policy Archive
Access and view our policy archive of retired benchmark voting polices and policy update documents dating back to 2013.
Proxy Research FAQs
Learn more about our proxy research with answers to our commonly asked questions, including information on how to contact us, our engagement practices and the distribution of our research reports.
Our Global Voting Principles
The ISS STOXX Global Voting Principles inform our approach to developing recommendations under our benchmark and thematic voting policies are based on four key tenets: accountability, stewardship, independence, and transparency.