Interviews and presentations
Whistle Stop Capital’s Jaylen Spann presents two shareholder proposals on behalf of As You Sow at Berkshire Hathaway’s 2024 annual meeting
Whistle Stop Capital CEO Meredith Benton discusses current approaches to sustainability topics within the investment industry on Bloomberg Markets: The Close (9/18/2023).
Whistle Stop Capital CEO Meredith Benton discusses the importance of diversity data and the current state of ESG on Bloomberg Equality (06/09/2022).
Whistle Stop Capital’s Jaylen Spann presents two shareholder proposals on behalf of As You Sow at Berkshire Hathaway’s 2022 annual meeting
Jaylen's presentation begins at the time stamp: 5:53:56
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