From 1997 to 2005 he was the chairman and head of the board of joint-stock company "Pivden'zakhidelectromerezhbud". From 1997 to 2001 he was the head of the board of the Lviv District Development Fund. From 2002 to 2003 Sadovyi was a director of the Lviv Development Institute that publishes the Ukrainian-wide "Misto" journal. Since 2002, Sadovyi has been the head of the board of the joint-stock Radio&TV company "TRK Lux". Since 2005 he has been the head of social organization "Self Reliance".