AVS quality, environment and health and safety policy

We have an ongoing effort to raise the environmental awareness of our employees, from which transportation to choose to how to deal with residual materials during installations. We also train our staff in how to handle chemical substances in the best and most environmentally friendly way. We work with a competence table and development plan to constantly raise and develop the skills of our staff to meet the requirements and needs of our customers and keep us updated on the technical developments that take place in audio and video products. We work to create the right conditions for our employees and constantly improve our services, working methods and management systems.

Work environment, equality and skills

We will ensure a good working environment from a physical, psychological and social point of view and are constantly working to improve health and safety in the workplace. We strive to be a good employer for all our staff and to offer an attractive workplace imbued with our core values of honesty, respect and trust. Our core values guide our entire business, both in terms of how we as a company and our employees are expected to act in different situations. Our corporate culture and behavior must be characterized by tolerance and no form of offensive or derogatory behavior is accepted. At AVS, there is of course zero tolerance for any form of discrimination based on, for example, ethnic origin, nationality, beliefs, sexual orientation, gender or age. We work actively for equal treatment and to increase diversity and equality in our activities. AVS sees equality as something self-evident, which should permeate the entire business. The company therefore strives to ensure that its operations are neutral and that women's and men's resources are always utilized in all areas.

We work with a skills matrix and development plan to constantly raise and develop the skills of our staff to be able to meet our customers' requirements and needs and keep up to date with the technical developments that are taking place in audio and video products, as well as their environmental and sustainability performance. In addition to technical training focused on products, training is also carried out in environmental consulting, human rights and the ILO's core conventions. We work continuously to create the right conditions for our employees and thus constantly improve our services, working methods and thus our management system.

What do we do at AVS?

Collaboration and governance in our supply chain

One of our overall business objectives is to offer a wide range of products with a focus on the environment. Therefore, we continuously strive to offer products that are produced in a sustainable way, both in terms of the resources used and the working conditions of the people who produce them. Our products contain many components and materials, and supply chains are often long, so it is often difficult to gain full insight into each stage of production. We work actively with our suppliers to influence our entire supply chain and raise the sustainability perspective at all stages.

AVS supports the UN Global Compact initiative, which means that we will work to promote respect for human rights and basic working conditions, work for a better environment and fight corruption. The principles of the Global Compact form the basis of the AVS Supplier Code of Conduct, which sets clear requirements for suppliers to live up to the same standards as we do in all areas of social and environmental responsibility. We expect our suppliers and partners to respect the Code of Conduct and do their utmost to live up to its requirements, both within their own organization and in the supply chain. Minimizing risks throughout the supply chain is a continuous effort, and we regularly conduct evaluations and risk assessments of our critical suppliers to increase governance and transparency in our value chain.

The AVS Code of Conduct is accepted via the AVS Supplier Certificate, which suppliers and partners must complete to be approved. You can read the Code of Conduct in full here.

Sustainability labeled products

We want to help our customers choose more sustainable AV equipment, and therefore strive to clearly highlight and promote sustainability-labeled products on our website to make it easier to make better choices. Among other things, we offer a number of products that are TCO certified, a world-leading sustainability certification for IT products, which helps you make responsible product choices that drive the industry in a sustainable direction.

The TCO certification includes social and environmental requirements from a lifecycle perspective, including social responsibility in manufacturing, use of materials, warranties and availability of spare parts, user safety and recycling. The TCO Certified label is available for monitors, laptops, smartphones, tablets, all-in-one computers, desktops, projectors and headsets.

We also offer products certified under the Energy Star label, which shows that a product meets energy efficiency requirements, and the EPEAT label from the Green Electronics Council, which also takes into account a product's environmental impact from a life cycle perspective. The EPEAT label is available for computers, monitors and printers. For printers, cartridges and paper, we also have Nordic Swan Ec olabel and EU Ecolabel certified products, as well as products labeled with the Blue Angel, which is the German equivalent of the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.

Extend the lifetime and then recycle the product

A major challenge is that many products have a short lifespan and are difficult to repair, have low resale value and tend to be forgotten and left in storage, or do not end up in the right hands for responsible recycling. To create a more resource-efficient society, we can both reduce energy consumption and extend the lifetime of the products we use, and together challenge the norm that everything must be newly produced or made from virgin materials. We want to help create the conditions for a second-hand market where reusing products creates value for more people.

What do we do at AVS?

The right product - the right use: Total solutions with long life, high availability & service

Our goal is to provide our customers with the right product for their needs, and to be flexible and come up with new solutions when needs change. The right product - the right use: this is how we create the greatest possible benefit from the services we offer.

We support our customers throughout the entire process from purchase to installation, use and take-back (see below) to create the greatest possible benefit at the lowest possible resource cost. We work with total solutions and can offer most products and solutions in audio and video, and to be able to give our customers the solution that suits them best, we are brand-independent. We have extensive experience of complete audio and video solutions in classrooms, meeting rooms, video conference rooms, public environments, auditoriums and halls, studios and events.

We are committed to the longevity of our solutions and offer maintenance and service of the equipment even after the warranty has expired. To be able to offer a consistent and high quality of our solutions, we have high availability. We have offices and warehouses in Malmö, Stockholm and Gothenburg and our experienced AV advisors cover all of Sweden for both installation and service. Our customer service and service organization is experienced and always ready to help our customers.

For more information

If you want to know more about how we at AVS work with issues related to sustainability, you are welcome to contact Mikael Wickström via the form below.

Mikael Wickström, CEO