Sustainability Specialists
Business and Financial Operations Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 13-1199.05
Address organizational sustainability issues, such as waste stream management, green building practices, and green procurement plans.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Very high· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.185
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.42–0.44· 2 ISCO-08 groups
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
ILO value for each linked ISCO-08 group
- ISCO-08 2422Policy Administration Professionals0.42
- ISCO-08 3339Business Services Agents Not Elsewhere Classified0.44
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only14 rated tasks · 14 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (100.0%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
| Task (O*NET 20.1) | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Provide technical or administrative support for sustainability programs or issues.13-1199.05 | 0.004432.8 | —0 |
Develop sustainability project goals, objectives, initiatives, or strategies in collaboration with other sustainability professionals.13-1199.05 | 0.002921.6 | —0 |
Create marketing or outreach media, such as brochures or web sites, to communicate sustainability issues, procedures, or objectives.13-1199.05 | 0.002417.9 | —0 |
Create or maintain plans or other documents related to sustainability projects.13-1199.05 | 0.002115.7 | —0 |
Assess or propose sustainability initiatives, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and acceptance.13-1199.05 | 0.001611.9 | —0 |
Monitor or track sustainability indicators, such as energy usage, natural resource usage, waste generation, and recycling. | —0 | 0.0016100.0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 8 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | ||
Review and revise sustainability proposals or policies. | —0 | —0 |
Research or review regulatory, technical, or market issues related to sustainability. | —0 | —0 |
Identify or create new sustainability indicators. | —0 | —0 |
Write grant applications, rebate applications, or project proposals to secure funding for sustainability projects. | —0 | —0 |
Identify or procure needed resources to implement sustainability programs or projects. | —0 | —0 |
Develop reports or presentations to communicate the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives. | —0 | —0 |
Collect information about waste stream management or green building practices to inform decision-makers. | —0 | —0 |
Identify or investigate violations of natural resources, waste management, recycling, or other environmental policies. | —0 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Review and revise sustainability proposals or policies.O*NET Task ID 15968 | 1.0 |
Write grant applications, rebate applications, or project proposals to secure funding for sustainability projects.O*NET Task ID 15972 | 1.0 |
Create or maintain plans or other documents related to sustainability projects.O*NET Task ID 15975 | 1.0 |
Research or review regulatory, technical, or market issues related to sustainability.O*NET Task ID 15969 | 0.5 |
Identify or investigate violations of natural resources, waste management, recycling, or other environmental policies.O*NET Task ID 15970 | 0.5 |
Identify or create new sustainability indicators.O*NET Task ID 15971 | 0.5 |
Provide technical or administrative support for sustainability programs or issues.O*NET Task ID 15973 | 0.5 |
Identify or procure needed resources to implement sustainability programs or projects.O*NET Task ID 15974 | 0.5 |
Develop reports or presentations to communicate the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives.O*NET Task ID 15976 | 0.5 |
Create marketing or outreach media, such as brochures or Web sites, to communicate sustainability issues, procedures, or objectives.O*NET Task ID 15977 | 0.5 |
Collect information about waste stream management or green building practices to inform decision makers.O*NET Task ID 15978 | 0.5 |
Assess or propose sustainability initiatives, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and acceptance.O*NET Task ID 15979 | 0.5 |
Monitor or track sustainability indicators, such as energy usage, natural resource usage, waste generation, and recycling.O*NET Task ID 15980 | 0.5 |
Develop sustainability project goals, objectives, initiatives, or strategies in collaboration with other sustainability professionals.O*NET Task ID 15981 | 0.5 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page
All O*NET 31.0 task statements (14)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Review and revise sustainability proposals or policies. | Core |
| Research or review regulatory, technical, or market issues related to sustainability. | Core |
| Identify or investigate violations of natural resources, waste management, recycling, or other environmental policies. | Core |
| Identify or create new sustainability indicators. | Core |
| Write grant applications, rebate applications, or project proposals to secure funding for sustainability projects. | Core |
| Provide technical or administrative support for sustainability programs or issues. | Core |
| Identify or procure needed resources to implement sustainability programs or projects. | Core |
| Create or maintain plans or other documents related to sustainability projects. | Core |
| Develop reports or presentations to communicate the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives. | Core |
| Create marketing or outreach media, such as brochures or Web sites, to communicate sustainability issues, procedures, or objectives. | Core |
| Collect information about waste stream management or green building practices to inform decision makers. | Core |
| Assess or propose sustainability initiatives, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and acceptance. | Core |
| Monitor or track sustainability indicators, such as energy usage, natural resource usage, waste generation, and recycling. | Core |
| Develop sustainability project goals, objectives, initiatives, or strategies in collaboration with other sustainability professionals. | Core |
0.00/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
None of this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks is classified as a physical task.
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
Values for the whole SOC 13-1199 group (Business operations specialists, all other), not for this O*NET occupation alone.
- Employment, 2025
- 1.2M
- Projected employment, 2035
- 1.2M
- Change (2025–35)
- +3.9%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $83,050
- Typical education needed for entry
- Bachelor's degree
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28151 | 경영 컨설턴트 | Related, not a match | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 2422Policy Administration Professionals
- ISCO-08 3339Business Services Agents Not Elsewhere Classified
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- environmental programme coordinatorESCO 2133.6Same scope
Environmental programme coordinators develop programmes for the improvement of environmental sustainability and efficiency within a organisation or institution. They inspect sites in order to monitor an organisation's or institution's compliance with environmental legislation. They also ensure education for the public on environmental concerns.
- ICT environmental managerESCO 2143.1.2This occupation is broader
ICT environmental managers know the green ICT legal framework, understand the role of the ICT network configurations in the economy and energy resources deployment and evaluate the impact of CO2 footprint of each ICT resource in the organisation's network. They plan and manage the implementation of environmental strategies for ICT networks and systems by conducting applied research, developing organisational policy, and devising strategies to meet sustainability targets. They ensure that the whole organisation uses ICT resources in a way that is as friendly as possible for the environment.
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)
ESCO reuse terms and the modification notice are in Credits.
France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| M1413 | Chargé / Chargée de mission RSE - Responsabilité Sociétale de l'Entreprise | Same scopeprovisional |
| M1410 | Responsable Green IT | This occupation is broader |
| H1239 | Technicien / Technicienne bureau d'études écoconception | Related, not a match |
| K1815 | Chargé / Chargée de mission "Villes et Territoires Durables" | Related, not a match |
| M1896 | Analyste cycle de vie dans les télécoms | Related, not a match |
| A1313 | Chargé / Chargée de mission environnement | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| M1406 | Responsable RSE (Responsabilité Sociétale de l'Entreprise) | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: fr-direct v1)
Spain classification links (CNO-11)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| CNO-11 code | CNO-11 title (Spanish) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 2426 | Profesionales de la protección ambiental | Related, not a match |
| 2622 | Especialistas en administración de política de empresas | Related, not a match |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: es-direct v1)
Germany classification links (KldB)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| KldB code | KldB title (German) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 71384 | Berufe in der Unternehmensorganisation und -strategie (sonstige spezifische Tätigkeitsangabe) - hoch komplexe Tätigkeiten | Overlapping, not the same |
| 42314 | Berufe in der Umweltschutzverwaltung und -beratung - hoch komplexe Tätigkeiten | Related, not a match |
Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: de-direct v1)
Japan classification links (JSCO)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| JSCO code | JSCO title (Japanese) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 119 | その他の技術者 | Related, not a match |
| 253 | 企画事務員 | Related, not a match |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: jp-direct v1)
Recent Changes Related to This Occupation
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[Source: arXiv 2604.00186 (Gupta & Kumar, 2026)]
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