When retail changes, the world changes.
Bergmeyer+ begins at the most fundamental level — helping retailers align their overarching purpose and mission with their store design sustainability goals.
Our vision for Bergmeyer+ is clear: to empower retailers to make a positive difference in the world through sustainable practices. Bergmeyer is excited to partner with sustainability visionary Annie Bevan and the team of strategic and technical experts in material sustainability at Parallel (formerly Sustainability Management & Strategy Collaborative), to reimagine the future of retail, one where sustainability is not just a buzzword but a transformative force for good.
We are seeking like-minded, ambitious retail and manufacturing partners who want to make climate-positive change, together.
Retailers
Bergmeyer+ can reshape your retail landscape with sustainability at the core. Our tailored solutions will elevate your brand's eco-friendly credentials and bottom line. We will help you optimize your retail fixture program from sourcing and specification to the fixtures' end of life. By joining forces with us, you become a leading force in the journey towards a greener, more responsible future, showcasing your commitment to sustainable retail practices.
The Bergmeyer+ team will work with retail partners to provide a comprehensive sustainability goal rubric for fixtures, a fixture supply chain comparative evaluation, and an overview of benchmarking results that will help lay the groundwork to create a sustainability assessment and implementation roadmap to meet established corporate sustainability goals.
Manufacturers
Transitioning to more sustainable retail practices can be a complex endeavor, from the challenge of sourcing eco-friendly materials to concerns about shipping costs and efficient assembly processes. At Bergmeyer+, we understand the hurdles manufacturers face. That's why we offer a strategic partnership that streamlines these complexities. We work alongside manufacturers to foster innovative solutions like minimizing environmental impact or optimizing assembly processes. Our coordinated efforts ensure that sustainable retail practices become a reality, benefiting both the businesses involved and the planet.
“I was astonished when we first dug into the retail fixture market and understood the breadth and width of its impacts. Retailers everywhere are looking to make a shift towards sustainability — but they're often missing this huge piece of the puzzle. That's what makes this partnership with Bergmeyer so exciting because we have this huge opportunity to come together to support companies seeking a clearer path to meet their toxicity, carbon, and circularity goals in collaboration with their fixture suppliers.”
Annie Bevan, Founder of Parallel
Key Areas of Focus: The Three Big C’s
Bergmeyer+ benchmarks and evaluates the three big “C's” - carbon, chemistry (toxicity), and circularity (waste) of current Store Fixture programs for retail brands based on information provided by the client, the client's fixture vendors, all the way down to the vendors' raw materials suppliers, providing retailers with recommendations and a roadmap for optimizing climate-positive change that aligns with their corporate sustainability and ESG goals.
Meet the team behind Berg+
“Bergmeyer+ was created to address a persistent and systemic gap that we see in the retail industry between corporate sustainability goals and physical store environments. Through Bergmeyer’s collaboration with the strategic supply chain and materials experts at Parallel, Bergmeyer+ has forged a revolutionary pathway to empower retailers in translating their corporate sustainability values into tangible customer-facing environments.”
Rachel Zsembery, President, Bergmeyer
We believe the moment is now.
Go from just enough to leading the industry in sustainable practices.
