Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund | Gender equality score

Exchange-traded fund

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

TickerVWO

Fund manager

Gender equality score

/ 100 points

Overall score

Average Equileap Gender Equality Score of fund holdings, weighted by market value

Group ranking

Unranked

Not ranked due to low data coverage

% Equileap coverage

17%

Gender balance in leadership and workforce

17/40

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Equal compensation and work life balance

5/30

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Policies promoting gender equality

13/20

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Commitment, transparency, and accountability

0/10

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Sustainability report card

As You Sow’s Invest Your Values report card grades mutual funds on environmental and social issues, including climate change, gender equality, and weapon investments. Click through to get more details on each issue.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund VWO

Environment

Fossil fuels
Investments in coal, oil, and natural gas energy and utility companies, and related financial companies

Deforestation
Investments in deforestation-risk agricultural commodities, and related financial companies and consumer brands

Social

Gender equality
Gender equality group ranking, based on Equileap company data

N/A

Civilian firearms
Investments in civilian firearms manufacturers, and related gun retailers

Prison industrial complex
Investments in prisons and borders industry, including private prison operators

Military weapons
Investments in military arms manufacturers and services companies, including nuclear weapon manufacturers and servicers

Tobacco
Investments in tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturers, and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies

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Top scoring holdings

The top 10 holdings in this portfolio with the best scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.

1. Hellenic Telecommunication Organization SA
0.06% of assets
$46.94M invested
2. Yum China Holdings Inc
0.28% of assets
$234.09M invested
3. Komercni Banka AS
0.04% of assets
$30.07M invested
4. BeiGene Ltd Ordinary Shares
0.13% of assets
$109.03M invested
5. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Ordinary Shares
1.91% of assets
$1.61B invested
6. WuXi Biologics (Cayman) Inc
0.26% of assets
$222.48M invested
7. Trip.com Group Ltd ADR
0.2% of assets
$165.87M invested
8. Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd Class H
0.39% of assets
$330.16M invested
9. Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd Class A
0.06% of assets
$49.11M invested
10. CEZ a.s
0.08% of assets
$71.59M invested

Bottom scoring holdings

The bottom 10 holdings in this portfolio with the worst scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.

1. Zhihu Inc ADR
<0.01% of assets
$2.12M invested
2. Autohome Inc ADR
0.02% of assets
$19.37M invested
3. Autohome Inc
<0.01% of assets
$2.64M invested
4. Zhaojin Mining Industry Co Ltd Class H
0.01% of assets
$12.27M invested
5. Tencent Music Entertainment Group ADR
0.04% of assets
$30.71M invested
6. Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd
<0.01% of assets
$3.4M invested
7. Kunlun Energy Co Ltd
0.04% of assets
$30.46M invested
8. Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd Class H
0.02% of assets
$17.38M invested
9. Beijing Capital International Airport Co Ltd Class H
0.02% of assets
$13.62M invested
10. Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd
0.01% of assets
$11.58M invested

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Gender Equality and Returns

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The figure above charts annualized returns and Gender Equality Fund grades. The orange marker represents this fund. The purple marker (if present) represents an assigned benchmark. Blue dots represent funds in the same Morningstar category as this fund. Dark gray dots represent funds in the same grading group as this fund. Returns are for the most recent available for this fund of 1, 3, 5, or 10 year annualized returns. The higher a fund is marked on the Y axis, the better its returns for the specified time period. The higher a fund is marked on the X axis, the better its Gender Equality Funds group ranking. Read more on the How it Works page.

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Current fund

VWO

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

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Vanguard

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Diversified Emerging Mkts

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Benchmark

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

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iShares from BlackRock

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Foreign Large Blend

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 11/30/22

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Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI Ex USA

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

1.89% less in annualized returns

Lower overall gender equality score

17 / 100 points lower

Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score

6 / 40 points lower

Lower equal compensation and work life balance score

6 / 30 points lower

Lower policies promoting gender equality score

4 / 20 points lower

Lower commitment, transparency, and accountability score

1 / 10 points lower

Current fund

VWO

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Family

Vanguard

Category

Diversified Emerging Mkts

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Benchmark

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Foreign Large Blend

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Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 11/30/22

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI Ex USA

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

1.89% less in annualized returns

Lower overall gender equality score

17 / 100 points lower

Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score

6 / 40 points lower

Lower equal compensation and work life balance score

6 / 30 points lower

Lower policies promoting gender equality score

4 / 20 points lower

Lower commitment, transparency, and accountability score

1 / 10 points lower

Current fund

VWO

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Family

Vanguard

Category

Diversified Emerging Mkts

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Foreign Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 11/30/22

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI Ex USA

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

1.89% less in annualized returns

Lower overall gender equality score

17 / 100 points lower

Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score

6 / 40 points lower

Lower equal compensation and work life balance score

6 / 30 points lower

Lower policies promoting gender equality score

4 / 20 points lower

Lower commitment, transparency, and accountability score

1 / 10 points lower

Month-end trailing returns

Performance as of date: 11/30/22

Morningstar suggested benchmark: MSCI ACWI Ex USA NR USD

Annualized returns

Gender-lens analysis

1-yr

3-yr

5-yr

10-yr

This fund
VWO - Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

-14.49%

1.52%

0.81%

2.38%

34 / 100 points

Benchmark

-10.61%

2.13%

1.69%

4.28%

51 / 100 points

Fund compared to benchmark

-3.88%

-0.61%

-0.87%

-1.89%

17 / 100 points lower

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