The vote marked a rare instance when a majority of voting shareholders pushed Apple on transparency about its business.
Apple’s shareholder proposal merely asks Apple to perform the audit and release findings.
Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about whether it plans to follow through.
Some shareholders have also unsuccessfully asked the company to commit to includingmore political diversity among its top ranks.
(Cook has said he doesn’t want to institute a political test for people at Apple.)
“What has become increasingly clear is that we have a long way to go.”
