Food sustainability will be the main topic of the fourth conference on sustainability at the Universitat de València. It will be held on Tuesday, 22 February, from 5 p.m., in the Assembly Hall of the ADEIT Foundation, in hybrid format.

This free conference, organised by the Office of the Vice-Principal for Equality, Diversity and Sustainability of the Universitat de València, within the framewok of its project ‘SDGs, I do!’, aims to become a permanent forum for knowledge, debate and awareness on society’s challenges.

The conference will be opened by the director of the Institute of United Nations Studies, Enrique Yeves, and the vice-principal for Equality, Diversity and Sustainability of the Universitat de València, Elena Martínez.

Afterwards, in a round table debate will participate: Francisco Javier Quiles, director of External Relations at CONSUM (company awarded with the ‘'Equality in the Company 2017’ and the ‘Chamber of Commerce Award 2017 as a socially committed company’); Dolors Corella, full university professor of Preventive Medicine at the Universitat de València, head of the Healthy Universitat Initiatives and winner of the Jaume I Award 2018 in the Medical Research section; Edurne Caballero, president of the Centre for Rural Studies and International Agriculture (CERAI); and Vicente Cabanes, head of the Promotion, Communication and Institutional Relations Department of the Committee of Ecological Agriculture of the Valencian Community (CAECV).

The debate will be led by the journalist Nuria García and will be closed by the delegate of the Principal for Sustainability of the Universitat de València, Pilar Rueda.

Create alliances between public organisations and the business fabric

«It is necessary to create alliances with the Valencian Public Administration, organisations and the business fabric», explains Elena Martínez, vice-principal for Equality, Diversity and Sustainability at the Universitat de València. «The Universitat, as part of its social commitment, must be in charge of causing of these synergies», says the vice-principal.

The ultimate goal, adds Elena Martínez, is «to seek participatory strategies that lead to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda». «It is about becoming aware of the planet's limited resources and taking joint action for change», she stresses.

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