Sustainability Specialists
Address organizational sustainability issues, such as waste stream management, green building practices, and green procurement plans.
$83,050 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 94%
- 0%
- 6%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 8%. Today's estimate: 14%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 14 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop sustainability project goals, objectives, initiatives, or strategies in collaboration with other sustainability professionals.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 13% | 6.7 h3.3 h to 2.1 work days | 10%Half by May 2027 | |
| Collect information about waste stream management or green building practices to inform decision makers.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 12% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Assess or propose sustainability initiatives, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and acceptance.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 11% | 1 work day2.5 h to 3.1 work days | 5%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Monitor or track sustainability indicators, such as energy usage, natural resource usage, waste generation, and recycling.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | 25%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Provide technical or administrative support for sustainability programs or issues.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 1.7 h25 min to 6.7 h | 43%Half by Nov 2026 | |
| Create marketing or outreach media, such as brochures or Web sites, to communicate sustainability issues, procedures, or objectives.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 7% | 1 work day3.3 h to 2.5 work days | 5%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Create or maintain plans or other documents related to sustainability projects.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 7% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | 25%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Research or review regulatory, technical, or market issues related to sustainability.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Develop reports or presentations to communicate the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.5 work days | 9%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Identify or investigate violations of natural resources, waste management, recycling, or other environmental policies.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Write grant applications, rebate applications, or project proposals to secure funding for sustainability projects.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | 1%Half by Jul 2028 | |
| Review and revise sustainability proposals or policies.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 4.2 h1.3 h to 1.6 work days | 20%Half by Apr 2027 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025). Counts are for the broader BLS group this job sits in.
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025). Counts are for the broader BLS group this job sits in.