The Education Committee has announced a Zoom lecture at 7:30 pm on Monday, December 14.
Stanley Goldstein will speak on “Conscience of a Conservative--Corporations and Sustainability”
According to Google, sustainability means “the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.” The definition goes on to mention “the sustainability of economic growth” and “avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.” So what does “sustainability” mean to a corporation?
Stanley Goldstein, a long-time Briarcliff resident, is a CPA, a conservative, and a person with a deep interest in politics and literature. He founded a successful accounting firm, leaving it in 1981 to become a private equity investor.
In addition to being on three for-profit boards of directors, he is the founder of the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable, the Donors’ Forum Philanthropic Roundtable, the Westchester Great Books Council, the American Friends of James Joyce, the Briarcliff Manor Public Affairs Roundtable, the Brooklyn College Public Affairs Roundtable, and the Sustainability Investment Leadership Council.
Politically conservative and socially liberal, Stanley believes that corporations have a responsibility to their employees and their communities and that this does not harm the all-important bottom line.
Founded in 2015, the Sustainability Investment Leadership Council “works with corporations, accounting firms, law firms, and investment firms to integrate sustainability as part of a firm’s overall growth strategy.”
But what does that mean? Stanley will tell us on Monday evening, December 14. Residents with email addresses will receive an invitation for the 7:30 pm Zoom lecture in advance.