AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 11-1011.03
Will AI replace Chief Sustainability Officers?
Chief Sustainability Officers: AI can already handle 6 of 18 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 18 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Chief Sustainability Officers, from most to least exposed. 6 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of sustainability programs. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Identify and evaluate pilot projects or programs to enhance the sustainability research agenda. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Evaluate and approve proposals for sustainability projects, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and integration with other initiatives. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Develop methodologies to assess the viability or success of sustainability initiatives. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Review sustainability program objectives, progress, or status to ensure compliance with policies, standards, regulations, or laws. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Conduct risk assessments related to sustainability and the environment. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Supervise employees or volunteers working on sustainability projects. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Formulate or implement sustainability campaign or marketing strategies. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Research environmental sustainability issues, concerns, or stakeholder interests. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Direct sustainability program operations to ensure compliance with environmental or governmental regulations. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Write project proposals, grant applications, or other documents to pursue funding for environmental initiatives. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Write and distribute financial or environmental impact reports. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Develop or execute strategies to address issues such as energy use, resource conservation, recycling, pollution reduction, waste elimination, transportation, education, and building design. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop, or oversee the development of, sustainability evaluation or monitoring systems. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop sustainability reports, presentations, or proposals for supplier, employee, academia, media, government, public interest, or other groups. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Develop, or oversee the development of, marketing or outreach media for sustainability projects or events. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Identify educational, training, or other development opportunities for sustainability employees or volunteers. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Create and maintain sustainability program documents, such as schedules and budgets. | Estimated | Efficient |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 18 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 18 of 18. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 204,350
- Median annual wage
- $213,990
- Middle half of earners
- $129,540 to $356,200
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +4.3%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034. BLS publishes these figures by SOC code, so O*NET occupations that share a SOC code show the same figures.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Sustainability Specialists 75% skill overlap, about 9 months to move Exposure60
- Chief Executives 58% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure48
- Industrial Ecologists 56% skill overlap, about 16 months to move Exposure63
- Recycling Coordinators 55% skill overlap, about 16 months to move Exposure28
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 55% skill overlap, about 16 months to move Exposure60
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Chief Sustainability Officers and AI
Will AI replace Chief Sustainability Officers?
AI already handles 6 of the 18 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 55 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +4.3% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Chief Sustainability Officers?
55 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 0 of the 18 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 18 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Chief Sustainability Officers tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of sustainability programs; Identify and evaluate pilot projects or programs to enhance the sustainability research agenda; Evaluate and approve proposals for sustainability projects, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and integration with other initiatives. They are three of the 6 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Chief Sustainability Officers, and what do they earn?
204,350 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $213,990 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +4.3% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Chief Sustainability Officers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/chief-sustainability-officers
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