Rethinking the Future: Operational Proposals for Sustainable Development

The Italian Embassy to the Holy See organised a conference entitled "Rethinking the Future: Operational Proposals for Sustainable Development". The event, organised in collaboration with the United Nations Investment and Technology Promotion Office (UNIDO ITPO Italy) as part of the seventh edition of the Sustainable Development Festival, promoted by the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASVIS), focused on the link between sustainable development and the most innovative business strategies and policies.

The current international context, it was stressed, does indeed require the adoption of more integrated policies that cover the three pillars of sustainable development: social, economic and environmental. As the Italian Ambassador to the Holy See, Francesco Di Nitto, pointed out, this topic is very close to the heart of the Church and the Holy Father. In the Encyclical letter "Laudato si" on caring for the common home, the Pope - the Ambassador stressed - urges us to rethink our relationship with Creation and the planet. The Pope's integral ecology, Di Nitto added, puts the person back at the centre of the economic vision, thus revisiting a wrong development model and not accepting the opposition between people and the environment.

To watch the recording of the event, click here.