Berkshire shareholders reject climate, diversity proposals; keep Buffett as chairman

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By Jonathan StempelBy margins of at least 3-to-1, shareholders voted against three proposals that Berkshire disclose more about its climate-related risks or greenhouse gas emissions and efforts to address them, and its efforts to promote diversity. Buffett said Berkshire's dozens of operating businesses recognize they do not have "a piggy bank to promote their own views on politics," though political contributions at the corporate level "unfortunately are in a few industries part of the way the world works. However, in order to maintain the high level of discourse we’ve all come to value and expect, please keep the following criteria in mind:  Are you sure you want to block %USER_NAME%?Block List

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