Sustainability in AV – SAVe at InfoComm 2025

By David Keene

The organization SAVe – Sustainability in AV – is doing interesting things. No need to reiterate the new importance of sustainability, and it’s table stakes now if you want to do business in some key markets and/or with a whole lot of key customers.

What caught my eye with SAVe, is that Kelly Perkins is involved. I’m sure all the others on the leadership team are great folks, but I first knew Kelly from her role at the NSCA. She helped take that great association to even greater accomplishments – and is still involved with the NSCA today.

I checked out a great SAVe event at InfoComm 2024, when the SAVe delegation headed back to Las Vegas for its first-ever AVIXA CTS-accredited SAVe Certification Program, along with a variety of other activities.

SAVe is offering the SAVe Certification workshop at InfoComm 2025 in Orlando in June. It will provide a full-day program covering important information on current sustainability issues, a workshop session to identify ways your business can address sustainability goals, and a planning session to turn your ideas into action.

First, attendees will understand the urgent sustainability issues, such as climate change and e-waste, and the AV industry’s role in these challenges. It seeks to empower participants with knowledge about sustainable practices in alignment with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal #12 – responsible manufacturing and consumption.

Next, participants will dive deeper into the SDGs and brainstorm ways their businesses can contribute to these global goals. Through fun and collaboration, participants work in teams to generate ideas that align their businesses with the assigned SDGs. The workshop concludes with a review of the ideas presented by each team.

Finally, the planning session is designed to transform ideas from the workshop into a strategic plan that aligns the business with selected SDGs. The team will identify two to three SDGs to focus on and develop actionable steps towards achieving these goals. Businesses receive their SAVe certification after the program concludes, upon submission of their detailed strategic plan.

Lunch will be provided.

For more information, click here.

 

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