Pass-Through Voting Platforms

Enable Your Clients to Participate in the Proxy Voting Process

Offer clients the choice to align their votes with their views with diverse policies and global relationships.

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Clients often hold diverse views on corporate governance and ESG issues. With Glass Lewis' Pass-Through Voting Program, institutional investors can offer clients a selection of proxy voting policies, empowering them to align their voting decisions with their views and preferences.

Key Features and Benefits

Enhance Client Engagement

Empower clients to align their decisions with their voting preferences, fostering trust, deeper ownership, and stronger relationships.

Elevate Your Reputation and Edge

Enhance your reputation as a responsible steward by demonstrating your commitment to governance and transparency. Pass-through voting attracts and retains clients seeking direct input into managing their investments.

Seamless Implementation

Glass Lewis partners with Proxymity, Broadridge, and Tumelo to ensure seamless execution, providing institutional investors and their clients with an efficient and streamlined proxy voting process.
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Pass-Through Voting Options for Investment Managers

Investment managers have multiple options to implement a pass-through voting program, each offering varying levels of insight and oversight. These options are designed to meet diverse reporting requirements, allowing investment managers to select the implementation that best aligns with their specific needs and objectives.

Ballots broken out by entity: YES
Visibility in reporting: YES
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Ballot Distributor
Automated ballot transmission to Glass Lewis
Ballots visible in Viewpoint
Votes cast in Viewpoint
Automated vote transmission to ballot distributor
Ballots broken out by entity: NO
Visibility in reporting: YES
Direct Split Voting
Automated ballot transmission to Glass Lewis
Ballots visible in Viewpoint
User applies split vote
Votes cast in Viewpoint
Automated vote transmission to ballot distributor
Ballots broken out by entity: NO
Visibility in reporting: NO
Outsourced Provider
Automated ballot transmission to Glass Lewis
Ballots visible in Viewpoint
Votes cast in Viewpoint
Automated vote transmission to ballot distributor

Key Partners

Glass Lewis works alongside prominent institutional investors to deliver tailored Pass-Through Voting solutions:

BlackRock Voting Choice Program

BlackRock enables eligible investors to select from a range of Glass Lewis Proxy Voting Policies, including:

  • Glass Lewis Benchmark Policy
  • Climate Policy
  • ESG Policy
  • Catholic Policy
  • Public Pension Policy
  • Taft-Hartley Policy
  • Corporate Governance-Focused Policy
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Vanguard Investor Choice Program

Vanguard offers investors in select funds the opportunity to adopt a proxy voting policy, including Glass Lewis’ ESG-focused proxy voting policy.

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Timely, in-depth governance research and recommendations for proactive decision-making.
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Explore Our Insights 

Infographic | Visualizing US Board of Directors Elections in 2025: Statistics on Shareholder Support and Failed Elections

This infographic explores trends in board of director elections in the U.S. for the 2025 proxy season.

Infographic | Visualizing US Board of Directors Elections in 2025: Statistics on Shareholder Support and Failed Elections

This infographic explores trends in board of director elections in the U.S. for the 2025 proxy season.
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Supporting Effective Investment Stewardship Part One: Empowering Customized Voting and Engagement With Glass Lewis

This article explores how how investors can prioritize engagement opportunities and align activities with voting priorities, and strengthen their stewardship strategy with Glass Lewis’ custom policy development and custom engagement campaigns.

Supporting Effective Investment Stewardship Part One: Empowering Customized Voting and Engagement With Glass Lewis

This article explores how how investors can prioritize engagement opportunities and align activities with voting priorities, and strengthen their stewardship strategy with Glass Lewis’ custom policy development and custom engagement campaigns.
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Q3 2025 Active Stewardship Report

Read our Q3 2025 report of engagements conducted by the Stewardship team on behalf of institutional investors.

Q3 2025 Active Stewardship Report

Read our Q3 2025 report of engagements conducted by the Stewardship team on behalf of institutional investors.
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Stewardship in Action: Engagement Snapshots on Executive Pay and Shareholder Rights

This article covers brief, on-the-ground snapshots of how Glass Lewis’ Stewardship team engages publicly-listed companies in dialogue on executive pay and shareholder rights.

Stewardship in Action: Engagement Snapshots on Executive Pay and Shareholder Rights

This article covers brief, on-the-ground snapshots of how Glass Lewis’ Stewardship team engages publicly-listed companies in dialogue on executive pay and shareholder rights.
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