
2017-Afternoon Session-BRK Annual Shareholders Meeting
Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meetings (since 1994)
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Proposal 5 - Protecting Shareholder Value
Proposal five seeks to protect shareholder value by ensuring the transparent disclosure of her information regarding methane emissions. Leaked methane represented $30 billion of lost revenue in 2012, equivalent to 3% of gas produced globally. The 2015 failure of a gas injection well at Southern California Gas Companies, Aliso Canyon storage field in Los Angeles revealed major vulnerabilities in the maintenance and safety of natural gas storage facilities. Berkshire Hathaway has storage facilities that face similar risks as it is estimated to hold the 11th highest volume of natural gas in the country.
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