# Trellis: 3 things sustainability professionals can’t afford to outsource to AI

Center for Sustainable Business

— May 22, 2026

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[Amy Skoczlas Cole](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/amy-skoczlas-cole), the director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, breaks down what we cannot afford to turn over to AI in an article for Trellis.

**Key Takeaways:**

- AI agents trained on outdated models won’t just overlook sustainability value; they will optimize against the identified business objective to the exclusion of other variables and time horizons.
- AI cannot read across systems with no shared language, common data structure and historical record of intersection — which is exactly what sustainability professionals do every day.
- It’s time for sustainability professionals to double down on the work we’re trained for: surfacing what isn’t yet priced before the market forces the correction.

Read the full article [here.](https://trellis.net/article/3-things-sustainability-cant-afford-outsource-ai/)

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