Evaluate and approve proposals for sustainability projects, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and integration with other initiatives.

“Evaluate and approve proposals for sustainability projects, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and integration with other initiatives.” is a core task performed by Chief Sustainability Officers. Among the occupation's 18 rated tasks, workers place it 6th by importance (#13 most important). About 93% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Evaluate project feasibility. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
• Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data. in Analyzing Data or Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of sustainability programs. · importance 4.4
• Develop or execute strategies to address issues such as energy use, resource conservation, recycling, pollution reduction, waste elimination, transportation, education, and building design. · importance 4.4
• Develop, or oversee the development of, sustainability evaluation or monitoring systems. · importance 4.3
• Supervise employees or volunteers working on sustainability projects. · importance 4.2
• Develop sustainability reports, presentations, or proposals for supplier, employee, academia, media, government, public interest, or other groups. · importance 4.0
• Develop, or oversee the development of, marketing or outreach media for sustainability projects or events. · importance 3.9
• Identify and evaluate pilot projects or programs to enhance the sustainability research agenda. · importance 3.9
• Create and maintain sustainability program documents, such as schedules and budgets. · importance 3.9
• Formulate or implement sustainability campaign or marketing strategies. · importance 3.7
• Research environmental sustainability issues, concerns, or stakeholder interests. · importance 3.7
• Direct sustainability program operations to ensure compliance with environmental or governmental regulations. · importance 3.6
• Develop methodologies to assess the viability or success of sustainability initiatives. · importance 3.5
• Review sustainability program objectives, progress, or status to ensure compliance with policies, standards, regulations, or laws. · importance 3.5
• Write project proposals, grant applications, or other documents to pursue funding for environmental initiatives. · importance 3.3

See all tasks on the Chief Sustainability Officers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-15377,
  title  = {Evaluate and approve proposals for sustainability projects, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and integration with other initiatives.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-15377}
}