Sustainability expertise,
integrated into your business.
Get the sustainability support your business needs without having to build it all in-house.
Parallel can work as a dedicated member of your team, add capacity where you need it, or serve as your sustainability department.
How fractional sustainability staffing works.
No two organizations are at the same place. Some need additional capacity for an existing sustainability team. Others need someone to take ownership of sustainability altogether.
Parallel's fractional sustainability staffing model gives building product manufacturers access to dedicated sustainability professionals without the commitment of a full-time hire. Our experts integrate with your existing team, take ownership of priorities, and bring specialized expertise as your needs evolve.
Your priorities. Your pace. Your Parallel team.
Up and running in days, not weeks.
Get the support you need, without the lengthy onboarding.
Focus on your priorities.
Put your Parallel team where they can be most useful.
A team to draw from.
Tap different expertise without making another hire.
Room to scale.
Add or reduce support as the work changes.
People who know your business.
Work with a consistent team that already has the context.
What does fractional sustainability staffing actually look like?
Fractional sustainability staffing gives organizations added sustainability support without requiring a full-time hire or a fully staffed internal sustainability team. With Parallel, that can mean adding capacity to your existing team, bringing in sustainability leadership, or working with an entire sustainability department.
Your Sustainability Support Staff
Add capacity to your existing team.
A dedicated teammate to manage day-to-day priorities, move projects forward, and provide sustainability expertise where you need it.
Your Sustainability Director
Add someone who can own the work.
An embedded sustainability leader who can take ownership of multiple priorities, with the Parallel team there when additional expertise or support is needed.
Your Sustainability Department
Add an entire sustainability team.
A full sustainability function to set direction and lead strategy, technical execution, program management, and market activation.
Why use fractional sustainability staffing?
Sustainability work rarely requires just one kind of expertise. And what you need can change from one project or priority to the next.
Fractional support means you don't have to find all of that in one hire.
Access specialists across strategy, technical execution, communications, data, and the market.
Scale resources based on what's happening inside your organization.
Reduce reliance on a single individual and keep institutional knowledge moving.
Ramp support up or down without restructuring an internal department.
Tap into a team working across the building products industry and broader AEC&O community.
Need something more focused?
Not every sustainability need calls for ongoing support.
Our On Point Sprints provide dedicated, time-bound support around a defined initiative, deadline, or priority, pairing strategic guidance with hands-on execution.
The current sprint model specifically promises scoped objectives, dedicated hours, strategic guidance plus execution, project management, and defined deliverables.
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Frequently asked questions.
Parallel works with building product manufacturers that need more sustainability capacity, expertise, or leadership, whether they have an existing sustainability team or not.
Traditional sustainability consulting typically focuses on a defined project, deliverable, or recommendation. Fractional sustainability support goes a step further by embedding experienced professionals into your organization to take ownership of priorities, manage day-to-day work, and collaborate with your team over time. With Parallel, you get dedicated sustainability expertise that works alongside your business, builds institutional knowledge, and helps turn strategy into action.
Parallel works as part of your team rather than advising from the outside. We can take ownership of priorities, manage day-to-day work, work across teams, and bring in additional expertise when you need it.
No. We can add support to an existing sustainability team or serve as the sustainability function if you don't have one in-house.
That’s what On Point Project Sprints are for. They give you focused support for a specific project or priority without an ongoing fractional engagement.
A full-time hire can make sense when your organization has consistent, long-term needs that require a dedicated internal role. Fractional sustainability staffing gives you access to experienced professionals without the commitment of a full-time hire. With Parallel, you can add capacity to your existing team, bring in specialized expertise, or build out your sustainability function as your needs evolve. It's a flexible way to get the support you need today while leaving room to scale.