This case can be used as a supplement to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Intercorporate Investments (A) (UVA-C-2240). Students are presented with hypothetical data related to one of Berkshire Hathaway's investments and asked to compare the financial statement impacts of the investment if it is...

We investigate how mutual funds with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives vote on shareholder proposals related to executive compensation. Using a sample of 94,695 votes by 2,354 mutual funds from 2012 to 2021, we find that ESG funds are 9.4% more likely than non-ESG funds to...

We document evidence that mutual funds designated as “Sustainable Investment Overall” by Morningstar (which we classify as ESG mutual funds) are no more likely than other mutual funds to support shareholder proposals. We find, however, that ESG mutual funds are more likely than non-ESG...