Washington

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Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Medium Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Medium Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

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Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	Medium Risk
Funding	Medium Risk
Political Actions	Medium Risk

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State Pension Fund Summary

Washington has one main public pension administrator, the Department of Retirement Systems (DRS). The Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) oversees the assets of the DRS.

The WSIB board consists of 15 members: 3 Ex Officio members (State Treasurer, DRS Director, L&I Director); 1 member of the Senate; 1 member of the House; 5 representatives of the pension systems; 5 non-voting members.
- The WSIB discloses its specific proxy voting records on this website.
- The WSIB does not disclose the identity of its general investment consultants in its 2024 Annual Report.

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 WRS’ proxy voting records for directly owned securities through pension fund portfolios. The 1792 Exchange commends WRS 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.

Pension Funds Management