The new members of the University Commission for Sustainability were appointed by rectoral decree dated 30 December 2024, with the task of organizing the complex set of existing initiatives and actions and planning new ones, defining, with a unitary, structured and interdisciplinary approach, a path that can concretely contribute to sustainable development and the promotion of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
University Commission on Sustainability
On June 12, 2024, the Rector, Prof. Giovanna Spatari, signed the decrees appointing the new delegates. The basic idea is to assign specific objectives to each delegate, depending on the challenges that the University will be called upon to face and the programmatic lines that will be established.
In order to address the issues related to sustainability, Prof. Roberta Salomone, full professor of commodity sciences, was appointed as the University's "sustainability delegate".
Since 2018, the University of Messina has joined the Network of Universities for Sustainable Development (RUS) and since 2021 the Network of Universities for Peace (RUNIPACE). The RUS constitutes the first experience of coordination and sharing among all the Italian universities involved in the issues of environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Its main purposes include spreading the culture and good practices of sustainability, both inside and outside the universities, promoting the SDGs - Sustainable Development Goals and contributing to their achievement and strengthening the recognition and value of the experience Italian internationally.