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Wisconsin

Wisconsin has one main public pension fund administrator: the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is manages the assets of the WRS.

  • SWIB consists of 9 members: 2 Ex Officio (Secretary of the Department of Administration, Secretary of the Department of Employee Trust Funds); 7 appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
    • SWIB discloses its proxy voting records for directly held equities on this website.

The “By Asset Manager” and “Asset Manager Voting” tables show the proxy voting records of the state’s asset managers who manage the pensions’ stock market portfolio through index, exchange-traded, or mutual funds. Since these are externally managed funds, the asset managers typically retain and exercise proxy voting privileges. This data is used to calculate the state’s pro-ESG and anti-ESG scores to see how the state leverages its externally managed funds in proxy voting.

The “State Voting” table shows SWIB’s proxy voting records for directly owned securities through pension fund portfolios. The 1792 Exchange commends SWIB for publicly disclosing this information online for its pensioners.

Both tables are important to show a comprehensive picture of the state’s proxy voting record.

By Asset Manager

Blackstone Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

84%

Asset Manager Voting

Pro-ESG

84.3%

Anti-ESG

15%

Anti-Fossil Fuels

81%

Anti-Pollution/Waste

100%

Animal Rights

20%

DEI

82%

Weapons/Defense

100%

Human Rights

93%

Income Equality

86%

Political Speech/Lobbying Spending

88%

Health Care

92%

Race/Gender targets on Board

0%

Non-Pecuniary Corporate Purpose

75%

ESG-Focused Governance

67%

Abortion

100%

Pro-Fossil Fuel

0%

Equality not DEI

0%

Controversial Cause Support

0%

Geopolitical Rivals/China

20%

State Voting

Pro-ESG

42%

Anti-ESG

0%

Anti-Fossil Fuel

37%

Anti-Pollution/Waste

42%

Animal Rights

36%

DEI

35%

Weapons/Defense

20%

Human Rights

40%

Income Equality

86%

Political Speech/Lobbying Spending

72%

Health Care

20%

Race/Gender targets on Boards

100%

Non-Pecuniary Corporate Purpose

0%

ESG-Focused Governance

22%

Abortion

10%

Pro-Fossil Fuel

0%

Equality not DEI

0%

Controversial Cause Support

0%

Geopolitical Rivals/China

0%

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