Sustainalytics Insight: The votes are in on artificial intelligence.
AI oversight is becoming a key issue for shareholders of some of the largest companies in Big Tech, including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft. And these same shareholders are most focused on ethical issues when it comes to AI, according to new research from Morningstar Sustainalytics.
In the new report titled Investor Views on AI Oversight: What Do Proxy Votes Tell Us? Morningstar Sustainalytics Director of Stewardship Research and Policy Lindsey Stewart examines investor views on AI oversight through the lens of recent proxy voting trends. Analysis from 2024 and 2025 to date indicates that company shareholders who pay close attention to sustainability issues are also increasingly taking notice of AI. Analysis also shows that requests for disclosure on two key issues have proven particularly successful at the corporate ballot box - misinformation and disinformation and AI-driven targeted advertising.
Lindsey Stewart, CFA – Director of Stewardship Research & Policy, Morningstar Sustainalytics
“As we continue to work our way through this year’s proxy season, it’s instructive to see which issues are most top-of-mind for shareholders. Proxy voting records from 2024 and into this year show that AI is certainly a key issue for investors in the tech and media sectors, and that shareholders have grown increasingly worried about the responsible use of artificial intelligence. With another five resolutions on AI up for votes at three of the biggest upcoming annual shareholder meetings, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta Platforms, this topic bears close watching.”
To speak in more detail with Lindsey, reach out to Tim Benedict at [email protected] or (203) 339-1912.
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