Trillium Lobbies Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders in Support of Sustainability Reporting Proposal

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Boston, MA (April 27, 2009) ­ Trillium Asset Management Corporation (“Trillium”) is joining two nonprofit advocacy organizations, the International Labor Rights Forum and the International Rivers Network, in calling on fellow Berkshire Hathaway investors to back a proposal on the agenda for the company’s upcoming May 2, 2009 annual meeting which requests that Berkshire prepare a Sustainability Report on its performance on environmental and social issues. Boston-based Trillium today released a letter filed last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission and sent to Berkshire’s nearly 2,000 institutional shareholders, who own more than $26 billion in its preferred and common stock. The letter urges a vote in favor of the proposal, which was submitted by Berkshire shareholder Joseph G. Petrofsky. The letter comes in the wake of a report recently issued by leading shareholder advisory firm PROXY Governance that recommends a vote in favor of the resolution, calling Berkshires disclosure of environmental and social issues affecting its portfolio relatively poor, and concluding that additional disclosure in this area would help shareholders.   Read more.
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