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Two kinds of vote are listed: a board-sponsored proposal DWS voted AGAINST or withheld on, and a shareholder proposal it voted FOR. One row is one proposal at one meeting; “funds” is how many of the manager’s funds or accounts voted that way.
Everything Only shareholder proposals it backed
6,182 proposals. The board-sponsored half of this list keeps the 6,000 proposals with the most funds behind them; the rest are in the interactive database. Every shareholder proposal it backed is listed in full.
| Company | Meeting | Proposal | Category | On the ballot from | DWS voted | Funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHABET INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of ten directors: K. Ram Shriram | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 17 |
| ALPHABET INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of ten directors: L. John Doerr | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 17 |
| ALPHABET INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of ten directors: Larry Page | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 17 |
| ALPHABET INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of ten directors: Robin L. Washington | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 17 |
| ALPHABET INC. | 2025-06-06 | Stockholder proposal regarding a human rights impact assessment of Al-driven targeted ad policies | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | FOR | 17 |
| ALPHABET INC. | 2025-06-06 | Stockholder proposal regarding a report on Al data usage oversight | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 17 |
| ALPHABET INC. | 2025-06-06 | Stockholder proposal regarding a report on alignment of lobbying activities with child safety policies | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 17 |
| ALPHABET INC. | 2025-06-06 | Stockholder proposal regarding a report on online safety for children | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 17 |
| ALPHABET INC. | 2025-06-06 | Stockholder proposal regarding a report on the due diligence process to assess human rights risks in CAHRA | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | FOR | 17 |
| APPLE INC. | 2025-02-25 | A shareholder proposal entitled "Report on Ethical AI Data Acquisition and Usage" | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 15 |
| MERCK & CO. INC. | 2025-05-27 | Shareholder proposal regarding a human rights impact assessment. | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | FOR | 15 |
| MERCK & CO. INC. | 2025-05-27 | Shareholder proposal regarding a tax transparency report. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 15 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | 2025-05-28 | A shareholder proposal regarding report on Al data usage oversight. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 15 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | 2025-05-28 | A shareholder proposal regarding report on child safety impacts and actual harm reduction to children. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 15 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | 2025-05-28 | A shareholder proposal regarding report on data collection and advertising practices. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 15 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | 2025-05-28 | A shareholder proposal regarding report on hate targeting marginalized communities. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 15 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | 2025-05-28 | A shareholder proposal regarding report on risks of deepfakes in online child exploitation. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 15 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | 2025-05-28 | Election of Directors: John Elkann | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 15 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | 2025-05-28 | Election of Directors: Peggy Alford | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 15 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | 2025-05-28 | To approve Meta Platforms, Inc.'s 2025 Equity Incentive Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 15 |
| META PLATFORMS INC. | 2025-05-28 | To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation program for Meta Platforms, Inc.'s named executive officers as disclosed in Meta Platforms, Inc.'s proxy statement. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 15 |
| VISA INC. | 2025-01-28 | Shareholder proposal on transparency in lobbying. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 15 |
| MASTERCARD INC. | 2025-06-24 | ELECTION OF DIRECTORS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Choon Phong Goh | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 14 |
| PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC. | 2025-06-05 | Approval of the PayPal Holdings, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as Amended and Restated. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 14 |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | 2025-05-21 | ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 13 |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | 2025-05-21 | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON DATA USAGE OVERSIGHT IN AI OFFERINGS | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | 2025-05-21 | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A REPORT ON WAREHOUSE WORKING CONDITIONS | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| AMAZON.COM INC. | 2025-05-21 | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING AN ASSESSMENT OF BOARD STRUCTURE FOR OVERSIGHT OF AI | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC. | 2024-11-06 | Election of Directors: William J. Ready | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 13 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP. | 2025-04-22 | Amending and restating the Bank of America Corporation Equity Plan | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 13 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP. | 2025-04-22 | Approving our executive compensation (an advisory, non-binding "Say on Pay" resolution) | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 13 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP. | 2025-04-22 | Shareholder proposal request report on lobbying alignment with Bank of America's climate goals | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| GILEAD SCIENCES INC. | 2025-05-07 | To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a comprehensive human rights policy and human rights due diligence process, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting. | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| NIKE INC. | 2024-09-10 | To consider a shareholder proposal regarding Environmental Targets, if properly presented at the meeting. | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| NIKE INC. | 2024-09-10 | To consider a shareholder proposal regarding Supplemental Pay Equity Disclosure, if properly presented at the meeting. | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| NIKE INC. | 2024-09-10 | To consider a shareholder proposal regarding Worker-Driven Social Responsibility, if properly presented at the meeting. | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| NIKE INC. | 2024-09-10 | To consider a shareholder proposal regarding a Supply Chain Management Report, if properly presented at the meeting. | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. | 2024-10-08 | Shareholder Proposal - Pay Gap Reporting | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| QUALCOMM INC. | 2025-03-18 | Stockholder proposal entitled "Protect Retirement Benefits." | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | FOR | 13 |
| S&P GLOBAL INC. | 2025-05-07 | Approve, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation program for the Company's named executive officers, as described in the Proxy Statement; | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 13 |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of Directors: Andre Almeida | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 13 |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of Directors: Christian P. Illek | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 13 |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of Directors: Dominique Leroy | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 13 |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of Directors: G. Michael Sievert | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 13 |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of Directors: Raphael Kubler | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 13 |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of Directors: Thorsten Langheim | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 13 |
| T-MOBILE US INC. | 2025-06-06 | Election of Directors: Timotheus Hottges | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 13 |
| BEST BUY CO. INC. | 2025-06-13 | To vote on a shareholder proposal entitled "Publish a Report on the Company's LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Efforts in its Human Capital Management Strategy" | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | FOR | 12 |
| COCA-COLA CO. | 2025-04-30 | Election of Directors: Thomas S. Gayner | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 12 |
| COMCAST CORP. | 2025-06-18 | Consider "CEO pay ratio factor" in executive compensation | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 12 |
| COMCAST CORP. | 2025-06-18 | Election of Directors: Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr. | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 12 |
| DEERE & CO. | 2025-02-26 | Shareholder proposal on a civil rights audit | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | FOR | 12 |
| ECOLAB INC. | 2025-05-08 | Election of Directors: John J. Zillmer | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 12 |
| ECOLAB INC. | 2025-05-08 | Election of Directors: Michel D. Doukeris | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 12 |
| ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. | 2024-11-08 | Advisory vote to approve executive compensation. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 12 |
| ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. | 2024-11-08 | Approval of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Amended and Restated Fiscal 2002 Share Incentive Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 12 |
| ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. | 2024-11-08 | Election of four (4) Class I Directors: Barry S. Sternlicht | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 12 |
| ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. | 2024-11-08 | Election of four (4) Class I Directors: Jennifer Hyman | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 12 |
| HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO. | 2025-04-02 | Approval of Amendment No. 4 to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 2021 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the plan's shares available for issuance | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 12 |
| HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO. | 2025-04-02 | Stockholder proposal entitled: "Transparency in Lobbying" | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 12 |
| INTEL CORP. | 2025-05-06 | Advisory vote on executive compensation (Say-On-Pay). | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 12 |
| INTEL CORP. | 2025-05-06 | Approval of amendment and restatement of the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 12 |
| INTEL CORP. | 2025-05-06 | Election of 11 Directors: Steve Sanghi | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 12 |
| INTEL CORP. | 2025-05-06 | Stockholder proposal requesting a report on an ethical impact assessment, if properly presented at the meeting. | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | FOR | 12 |
| PEPSICO INC. | 2025-05-07 | Shareholder Proposal - Third-Party Assessment on Non-Sugar Sweetener Risks. | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | FOR | 12 |
| BIOGEN INC. | 2025-06-17 | Say on Pay - To hold an advisory vote on executive compensation. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 11 |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | 2025-05-06 | Stockholder proposal regarding political spending. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 11 |
| CINTAS CORP. | 2024-10-29 | A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning, if properly presented at the meeting. | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | FOR | 11 |
| CINTAS CORP. | 2024-10-29 | A shareholder proposal regarding political disclosure, if properly presented at the meeting. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 11 |
| CINTAS CORP. | 2024-10-29 | To approve the Cintas Corporation 2016 Amended and Restated Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 11 |
| EXPEDIA GROUP INC. | 2025-06-03 | Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of Expedia Group's named executive officers. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 11 |
| EXPEDIA GROUP INC. | 2025-06-03 | Election of Directors: Dara Khosrowshahi | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 11 |
| GENERAL MILLS INC. | 2024-09-24 | Shareholder Proposal - Disclosure of Regenerative Agriculture Practices Within Supply Chain. | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | FOR | 11 |
| GENERAL MILLS INC. | 2024-09-24 | Shareholder Proposal - Plastic Packaging. | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | FOR | 11 |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 2025-04-24 | Shareholder opportunity to vote on excessive golden parachutes | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 11 |
| KELLANOVA | 2024-11-01 | The Advisory Compensation Proposal - To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to Kellanova's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 11 |
| ORACLE CORP. | 2024-11-14 | Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 11 |
| ORACLE CORP. | 2024-11-14 | Election of Directors: Bruce R. Chizen | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 11 |
| ORACLE CORP. | 2024-11-14 | Election of Directors: Jeffrey S. Berg | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 11 |
| ORACLE CORP. | 2024-11-14 | Election of Directors: Leon E. Panetta | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 11 |
| ORACLE CORP. | 2024-11-14 | Election of Directors: William G. Parrett | Director Elections | Board | ABSTAIN | 11 |
| ORACLE CORP. | 2024-11-14 | Stockholder Proposal Regarding a Report on Climate Risks to Retirement Plan Beneficiaries | Environment or Climate | Shareholder | FOR | 11 |
| THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. | 2025-05-21 | An advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 11 |
| TOTALENERGIES SE | 2025-05-23 | Elect Hazel Clinton Fowler Representative of Employee Shareholders to the Board | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 11 |
| TOTALENERGIES SE | 2025-05-23 | Elect Laurent Mignon as Director | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 11 |
| AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 2025-05-14 | To approve an amendment to our Second Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 8,000,000 shares. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| BROADCOM INC. | 2025-04-21 | Election of Directors: Harry L. You | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC. | 2025-05-08 | Election of Directors: Mark W. Adams | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC. | 2025-05-08 | Stockholder proposal regarding political spending. | Other Social Issues | Shareholder | FOR | 10 |
| CSX CORP. | 2025-05-07 | Election of Directors: John J. Zillmer | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC. | 2025-06-06 | A stockholder proposal regarding human right to water, if properly presented. | Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce | Shareholder | FOR | 10 |
| EBAY INC. | 2025-06-25 | Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the eBay Equity Incentive Award Plan. | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| ELEVANCE HEALTH INC. | 2025-05-14 | Shareholder proposal requesting report on the effectiveness of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts. | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Shareholder | FOR | 10 |
| EQUINIX INC. | 2025-05-21 | Approval of an amendment to the Equinix, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of plan shares reserved for issuance by 3.3 million shares | Compensation | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC. | 2025-05-06 | Election of Directors: Brandon S. Pedersen | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC. | 2025-05-06 | Election of Directors: James M. DuBois | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC. | 2025-05-06 | Election of Directors: Olivia D. Polius | Director Elections | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| GE AEROSPACE | 2025-05-06 | Advisory Approval of Our Named Executives' Compensation | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| HERSHEY CO. | 2025-05-06 | Approve named executive officer compensation on a non-binding advisory basis. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
| MODERNA INC. | 2025-04-30 | To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. | Say-on-Pay | Board | AGAINST | 10 |
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