Recognizing the importance of environmental sustainability, Crestron reaffirms actions to make a meaningful impact individually and alongside the greater AV community.
Rockleigh, NJ – April 10, 2024 – Crestron Electronics, a global leader in workplace and smart home technology, today announces ongoing sustainability initiatives and a partnership with Sustainability in AV (SAVe), where the company will join as a Sustaining Sponsor. As an organization, Crestron remains dedicated to identifying opportunities to reduce its carbon footprint through sustainable workplace practices and improvements to minimize environmental impact. This commitment does not stop with Crestron solely as a manufacturer, as the company also requires suppliers to participate in ongoing assessments to ensure they adhere to industry standards for corporate social responsibility.
Crestron’s Environmental Priorities
Over the past several years, Crestron has undertaken a renowned commitment to integrate sustainable development and environmental stewardship in all business processes, procedures, and practices. One of those initiatives is a partnership with a software company that delivers consultancy services to measure the organization’s corporate carbon footprint by analyzing how our company impacts global climate change. Crestron also has a long history of supporting product cycle longevity through extensive quality testing, sustaining engineering processes, and post-sales support resources to reduce the need to manufacture replacements.
“As an organization, we have been making strides to use eco-friendly packaging materials, minimize plastic use, and ensure product lifecycle longevity,” says Brad Hintze, EVP of global marketing at Crestron. “Crestron is only one piece of the puzzle, and partnering with SAVe empowers us as an organization to support these important educational tracks and advocacy initiatives that support sustainability on an even greater scale.”
Crestron joins SAVe as a Sustaining Sponsor
SAVe is a global business network of AV companies committed to taking concerted action to advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As an independent, non-profit organization, SAVe relies on sponsor support for outreach and advocacy. Success in achieving the 2030 SDGs will require participation in many ways from numerous stakeholders, and sponsorships are an essential catalyst to further efforts.
“I am thrilled that Crestron has become our Sustaining Sponsor in support of SAVe,” says SAVe Founder and President Christina De Bono. “This demonstrates their genuine dedication to advancing our mission of integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into the pro AV industry.”
To learn more about Crestron’s sustainability impact and the partnership with SAVe, please visit the Crestron Blog.
About SAVe
From climate change and environmental degradation to poverty and inequality, the challenges we face are profound, diverse – and getting worse. We must address them as nations, as individuals, and as businesses.
Sustainability in AV (SAVe) is the first industrywide U.S.-based organization to bring stakeholders in the audio visual (AV) field together to take concerted action to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SAVe initiatives include SAVe Certification, a process by which organizations can develop an action plan to advance the SDGs, and SAVe: A Second Life, a program designed to reduce e-waste by giving AV equipment a second life at the end of its first one. Entirely volunteer by volunteers, SAVe provides a vehicle for the AV industry to achieve sustainable development and serves as a bridge to other industries, NGOs and partner organizations who share the conviction that we must take urgent action to preserve the health of our planet, communities and people.
