Will AI replace Sustainability Specialists?
Estimated risk score: 64 out of 100
Moderate replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (45 to 83).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 14 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 13-1199.05 · Business and Financial Operations
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 6 of its 14 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Write grant applications, rebate applications, or project proposals to secure funding for sustainability projects.
- Create marketing or outreach media, such as brochures or Web sites, to communicate sustainability issues, procedures, or objectives.
- Develop reports or presentations to communicate the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives.
- Monitor or track sustainability indicators, such as energy usage, natural resource usage, waste generation, and recycling.
- Create or maintain plans or other documents related to sustainability projects.
- Review and revise sustainability proposals or policies.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 0 of its 14 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
None of its rated tasks.
What the job is
Address organizational sustainability issues, such as waste stream management, green building practices, and green procurement plans.
Also called: Sustainability Consultant, Sustainability Coordinator, Sustainable Design Coordinator, Green Consultant, Sustainability Coach, Water Project Manager, Sustainability Advisor, Sustainability Analyst.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Business and Financial Operations). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate