Information processing system, information processing method, and program

Abstract

To make it possible to manage a target for an amount of reduction.SOLUTION: An information processing system comprises: an emitted amount storage unit for storing an amount of greenhouse gas emitted by a business entity; an input unit for accepting input of a reduction target proportion of the amount emitted by the business entity, a reference time point, and a target time point; a unit reduction amount calculating unit for acquiring the emitted amount corresponding to the reference time point from the emitted amount storage unit, multiplying the acquired emitted amount by the reduction target proportion to calculate the amount of reduction, and calculating a unit reduction amount obtained by dividing the calculated amount of reduction by the number of unit times from the reference time point to the target time point; a target emitted amount calculating unit for calculating a target emitted amount obtained by subtracting a cumulative unit reduction amount from the emitted amount corresponding to the reference time point, for each unit time; and an output unit for outputting the target emitted amount for each unit time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a system that displays greenhouse gas emissions to encourage reduction activities. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2012-226120 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] It is required to manage abatement activities.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and has an object to provide a technique capable of managing reduction amount targets. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The main invention of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is an information processing system comprising: an emission memory unit that stores greenhouse gas emissions by a business entity; an input unit that accepts input of a reduction target rate of the emissions by the business entity, a base point in time, and a target point in time; a unit reduction amount calculation unit that acquires the emission amount corresponding to the base point in time from the emission memory unit, calculates a reduction amount by multiplying the acquired emission amount by the reduction target rate, and calculates a unit reduction amount by dividing the calculated reduction amount by the number of unit times from the base point in time to the target point in time; a target emission amount calculation unit that calculates a target emission amount for each unit time by subtracting the cumulative unit reduction amount from the emission amount corresponding to the base point in time; and an output unit that outputs the target emission amount for each unit time.

[0007] Other problems and solutions disclosed in this application will be made clear in the description of the preferred embodiments of the invention and the drawings. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to manage the reduction target. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a management server 2. FIG. [Diagram 3] 2 illustrates an example of the software configuration of a management server 2. FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a process for outputting a target discharge amount. [Diagram 5] FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a process for outputting an emission amount reduced by a solution. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system of this embodiment is configured to include a management server 2. The management server 2 is communicably connected to a user terminal 1 via a communication network 3. The communication network 3 is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed by a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication path, Ethernet (registered trademark), or the like.

[0011] The user terminal 1 is a computer operated by a user of a business entity such as a company that generates waste. The user terminal 1 can be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, or a personal computer. The user can use the user terminal 1 to access the management server 2 and calculate the amount of waste generated.

[0012] The management server 2 is a computer that calculates and manages emissions. The management server 2 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

[0013] <Administration Server> FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the management server 2. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may be used. The management server 2 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, and an output device 206. The storage device 203 is, for example, a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, or a flash memory that stores various data and programs. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 3, and is, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone line network, a wireless communication device for wireless communication, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector or an RS232C connector for serial communication, etc. The input device 205 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, etc. that input data. The output device 206 is, for example, a display, a printer, a speaker, etc. that output data. Each functional unit of the management server 2 described below is realized by the CPU 201 reading a program stored in the storage device 203 into the memory 202 and executing it, and each storage unit of the management server 2 is realized as part of the storage area provided by the memory 202 and the storage device 203.

[0014] 3 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the management server 2. The management server 2 includes an emission coefficient storage unit 231, an emission amount storage unit 232, a solution storage unit 233, an emission amount calculation unit 211, an input unit 212, a unit reduction amount calculation unit 213, a target emission amount calculation unit 214, and an output unit 215.

[0015] The emission coefficient storage unit 231 stores information including emission coefficients for calculating greenhouse gas emissions (hereinafter referred to as emission coefficient information). The emission coefficients may be primary data (data collected by the emitter itself, obtained from direct measurement, or obtained from calculations based on direct measurement in the first information source), or secondary data (data other than primary data, for example, data standardized (statistically processed) from emissions of multiple companies providing the same type of product). The emission coefficient storage unit 231 can store emission coefficients in association with the type of activity. The emission coefficient storage unit 231 can store emission coefficients in association with information identifying the business entity (entrepreneurship ID) and information indicating the type of activity (type-specific information).

[0016] The emission amount storage unit 232 stores the greenhouse gas emission amount by the business entity. The emission amount storage unit 232 can store the first direct emission amount (scope 1) by the business entity, the second indirect emission amount (scope 2) by the business entity, and the third emission amount (scope 3) by other business entities located upstream or downstream of the business entity's supply chain. The emission amount storage unit 232 can also store the fourth emission amount by category for the third emission amount (scope 3) related to the other business entities. In this embodiment, the emission amount storage unit 232 can store a company ID indicating the business entity, information specifying the time when the activity was performed (time information), a scope, a category, and an emission amount in association with each other. The time information can be set to any period such as a fiscal year, a year, a year and month, a year and month, a date, or a date and time range. The scope and category can be the scope and category specified in the GHG Protocol. The category may be omitted.

[0017] The solution storage unit 233 stores information (referred to as solution information) related to solutions that realize reduction of emissions. The solutions can include various services and products related to reduction and offset of greenhouse gas emissions, such as consulting services related to formulation and execution of reduction plans, procurement of renewable energy power, and offset trading such as J-Credit. The solution storage unit 233 can store reduction information for calculating the amount of reduction in emission power that can be reduced by the solution, in association with information identifying the solution (solution ID) and the industry in which the solution can be adopted. The reduction information can be, for example, a ratio (percentage) of emissions or an emission coefficient to be multiplied by the amount of activity.

[0018] The emission calculation unit 211 can calculate the emission amount of the business entity (or at least any one of the first to fourth emissions). For example, the emission calculation unit 211 can accept an input of an activity amount, acquire an emission coefficient corresponding to the type of activity amount from the emission coefficient storage unit 231, calculate an emission amount for each activity by multiplying the activity amount by the acquired emission coefficient, and calculate an emission amount by summing up the emissions by scope and / or category. The emission calculation unit 211 may accept an input of an emission amount calculated externally.

[0019] The input unit 212 accepts input of the reduction target percentage of emissions by the business entity, a base point in time, and a target point in time. The base point in time and the target point in time are, for example, a year (fiscal year). A target emission that is reduced by the reduction target percentage based on the emission amount at the base point in time can be set as a goal to be achieved at the target point in time. The input unit 212 can accept first to third reduction target percentages for the first to third emissions, respectively. The input unit 212 can also accept a fourth reduction target percentage by category for the third emission amount.

[0020] The input unit 212 can accept the third reduction target ratio from the other business. The input unit 212 can receive the third reduction target ratio, for example, from a user terminal 1 operated by (an employee of) the other business. The input unit 212 can transmit a message to the user terminal 1 of the other business instructing the user to input the third reduction target ratio, and receive from the user terminal 1 the third reduction target ratio input from the other business in response to the message.

[0021] The unit reduction amount calculation unit 213 calculates the reduction amount of the emission amount per unit time. The unit time is, for example, one year, but may be a quarter, a month, a week, or the like. The unit reduction amount calculation unit 213 acquires the emission amount at the reference time from the emission amount storage unit 231, and multiplies the acquired emission amount by the reduction target rate to calculate the reduction amount to be reduced from the reference time to the target time. The unit reduction amount calculation unit 213 can calculate the target value (unit reduction amount) of the reduction amount to be reduced per unit time (for example, one year) by dividing the calculated reduction amount by the number of unit times (for example, the number of years) from the reference time to the target time. The unit reduction amount calculation unit 213 can also calculate first to third unit reduction amounts for the first to third emission amounts, respectively. The unit reduction amount calculation unit 213 can also calculate a fourth unit reduction amount by category for the third emission amount.

[0022] The target emission calculation unit 214 calculates a target value of emission (referred to as target emission amount) for each unit time (for example, one year). The target emission calculation unit 214 can calculate a target emission amount for each unit time from a reference point in time by subtracting a cumulative unit reduction amount from the emission amount at a reference point in time. The target emission calculation unit 214 can calculate a target emission amount for each unit time (first to third target emission amounts) for each of the first to third emission amounts. The target emission calculation unit 214 can calculate a fourth target emission amount by category for each unit time for the third emission amount.

[0023] The output unit 215 can output the target emission amount for each unit time. The output unit 215 can output the target emission amount for each of the first to third emission amounts. The output unit 215 can output a fourth target emission amount by category for the third emission amount.

[0024] The output unit 215 can output the emission amount and the target emission amount (the total or the first to fourth emission amounts and the target emission amount) in association with each other for the period in which the emission amount is registered. The output unit 215 can output the emission amount and the target emission force in, for example, a graph format.

[0025] The output unit 215 can also visualize the emission amount (or reduction amount) after the solution is introduced. For example, the output unit 215 can accept the designation of a solution from the user terminal 1, read out reduction information corresponding to the designated solution from the solution storage unit 233, calculate the emission reduction amount based on the read out reduction information, calculate a value obtained by subtracting the reduction amount from the emission amount (simulated emission amount), and output the simulated emission amount. The output unit 215 can also output the simulated emission amount together with the emission amount and the target emission amount.

[0026] <Operation> FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the process of outputting the target discharge amount.

[0027] The management server 2 accepts input of a base time point, a target time point, and a reduction rate from a user terminal 1 operated by a user of the company (S301). The management server 2 transmits a request for a reduction rate, with the base time point and the target time point set, to the user terminal 1 of another business entity upstream and / or downstream in the supply chain (S302). The user of the other business entity inputs a reduction rate to the user terminal 1 in response to the request, and the management server 2 receives the reduction rate transmitted from the user terminal 1 in response to the request (S303). Note that a system that manages emissions in the other business entity may respond with the reduction rate. The management server 2 may also accept input of a reduction rate by another business entity from a user of the company.

[0028] The management server 2 calculates the reduction amount for each unit time (e.g., year) from the base time point to the target time point (S304). For example, the management server 2 can read the emission amount at the base time point from the emission amount storage unit 232 and calculate the reduction amount by multiplying the read emission amount by the reduction rate. The management server 2 may accept different reduction rates for each of scopes 1 and 2. For scope 3, the reduction rate acquired from the user terminal 1 of another business entity may differ from the reduction rate for the scopes 1 and 2 of the company. The management server 2 can calculate the target reduction amount by reading the emission amount corresponding to the company ID and the base time point of the company from the emission amount storage unit 232 and multiplying it by the reduction rate accepted from the user terminal 1 of the company, and can calculate the target reduction amount by reading the emission amount corresponding to the company ID and the base time point of the other business entity from the emission amount storage unit 232 and multiplying it by the reduction rate received from the user terminal 1 of the other business entity, and can total the target reduction amount for each scope and / or category.

[0029] The management server 2 calculates the reduction amount per unit time by dividing the target reduction amount by the number of unit times (e.g., years) from the base point in time to the target point in time (S304), and calculates the target emission amount per unit time by subtracting the accumulated reduction amount from the emission amount at the base point in time (S305).

[0030] The management server 2 can output the emission amount and the target emission amount in association with each other for a unit time (year) for which an emission amount is registered in the emission amount storage unit 232 (S306). The management server 2 can output only the target emission amount for a unit time (year) for which an emission amount is not registered. Note that the management server 2 may output the reduction amount and emission amount (if registered) for each unit time instead of the target emission amount.

[0031] FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a process for outputting the amount of emissions reduced by a solution.

[0032] The management server 2 accepts the designation of a solution (S321), reads out the reduction information corresponding to the accepted solution and the company's industry from the solution storage unit 233, and calculates the reduction amount (expected reduction amount) expected by the introduction of the solution based on the read reduction information and the emission amount at the reference time (S322). The management server 2 calculates the expected reduction amount per unit time by dividing the expected reduction amount by the number of unit times (e.g., years) from the reference time to the target time (S323), and can calculate the emission amount (expected emission amount) expected by the introduction of the solution per unit time by subtracting the accumulated expected reduction amount per unit time from the emission amount at the reference time (S324). For unit times (years) for which emission amounts are registered in the emission storage unit 232, the management server 2 can output the expected emission amount in association with the emission amount and the target emission amount (S325). For unit times (years) for which emission amounts are not registered, the management server 2 can output the target emission amount and the expected emission amount in association with each other. The management server 2 may output the expected reduction amount and emission amount (if registered) per unit time instead of the expected emission amount.

[0033] Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention may be modified or improved without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention.

[0034] <Disclosures> The present disclosure also includes the following configurations. [Item 1] an emission amount storage unit that stores the greenhouse gas emission amount of a business entity; an input unit that receives input of the emission reduction target rate, a base point in time, and a target point in time by the business entity; a unit reduction amount calculation unit that calculates a reduction amount by multiplying the obtained emission amount by the reduction target rate, and dividing the calculated reduction amount by the number of unit times from the reference time point to the target time point; and a target emission amount calculation unit that calculates a target emission amount by subtracting a cumulative unit reduction amount from the emission amount corresponding to the reference time point for each unit time; an output unit that outputs the target emission amount for each unit time; An information processing system comprising: [Item 2] The information processing system according to item 1, The emission amount storage unit stores a first direct emission amount by the business entity, a second indirect emission amount by the business entity, and a third emission amount by another business entity located upstream or downstream in a supply chain of the business entity, the input unit accepts first to third reduction target percentages for the first to third emissions, respectively; the unit reduction amount calculation unit calculates first to third unit reduction amounts for the first to third emission amounts, respectively; the target emission calculation unit calculates the target emission amount per unit time for each of the first to third emission amounts, the output unit outputs the target emission amount for each of the first to third emission amounts; An information processing system comprising: [Item 3] Item 2. An information processing system according to the present invention, the emission amount storage unit stores a fourth emission amount by category with respect to the third emission amount related to the other business entity; The input unit receives the fourth reduction target rate for each category for the third emission amount, and the unit reduction amount calculation unit calculates a fourth unit reduction amount for each category for the third emission amount; the target emission calculation unit calculates a fourth target emission amount for each of the categories per unit time for the third emission amount; the output unit outputs the fourth target emission amount for each of the categories for the third emission amount; An information processing system comprising: [Item 4] Item 2. An information processing system according to the present invention, the input unit receives the third reduction target ratio from the other business operator; An information processing system comprising: [Item 5] Item 4. An information processing system according to the present invention, the input unit transmits a message to the other business operator instructing the other business operator to input the third reduction target ratio, and receives the third reduction target ratio input from the other business operator in response to the message; An information processing system comprising: [Item 6] The information processing system according to item 1, A solution storage unit that stores information for identifying a solution that realizes the reduction of the emission power and reduction information for calculating a reduction amount of the emission power that can be reduced by the solution, the output unit accepts designation of the solution, reads out the reduction information corresponding to the designated solution from the solution storage unit, calculates the reduction amount of the emission based on the read reduction information, and outputs a value obtained by subtracting the reduction amount from the emission amount; An information processing system comprising: [Item 7] Storing greenhouse gas emissions by the business entity in an emission amount storage unit; A step of receiving input of the emission reduction target rate, a base point in time, and a target point in time by the business entity; obtaining the emission amount corresponding to the reference time point from the emission amount storage unit, multiplying the obtained emission amount by the reduction target rate to calculate a reduction amount, and calculating a unit reduction amount by dividing the calculated reduction amount by the number of unit times from the reference time point to the target time point; A step of calculating a target emission amount by subtracting the cumulative unit reduction amount from the emission amount corresponding to the reference time point for each unit time; outputting the target discharge amount for each unit time; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 8] Storing greenhouse gas emissions by the business entity in an emission amount storage unit; A step of receiving input of the emission reduction target rate, a base point in time, and a target point in time by the business entity; obtaining the emission amount corresponding to the reference time point from the emission amount storage unit, multiplying the obtained emission amount by the reduction target rate to calculate a reduction amount, and calculating a unit reduction amount by dividing the calculated reduction amount by the number of unit times from the reference time point to the target time point; A step of calculating a target emission amount by subtracting the cumulative unit reduction amount from the emission amount corresponding to the reference time point for each unit time; outputting the target discharge amount for each unit time; A program for causing a computer to execute the following. [Explanation of symbols]

[0035] 1 User terminal 2 Management Server

Claims

1. An emissions memory unit that stores the scope 1 emissions of a business entity; A reception unit that receives the reduction target percentage of the Scope 1 emissions; a unit reduction calculation unit that calculates a reduction amount by multiplying the Scope 1 emissions at a base point in time by the reduction target rate, and calculates a Scope 1 unit reduction amount by dividing the reduction amount by the number of unit times from the base point in time to a target point in time; a target emission calculation unit that calculates a target emission by subtracting a predetermined number of the scope 1 unit reduction amounts from the scope 1 emission amounts at the base point in time; An information processing system comprising:

2. A step of storing the scope 1 emissions of the business entity in an emissions storage unit; accepting a target percentage reduction of said Scope 1 emissions; calculating a reduction amount by multiplying the scope 1 emissions at a base point in time by the reduction target percentage, and calculating a scope 1 unit reduction amount by dividing the reduction amount by the number of unit times from the base point in time to the target point in time; calculating a target emissions amount by subtracting a predetermined number of the scope 1 unit reductions from the scope 1 emissions amount at the base point in time; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer.

3. A step of storing the scope 1 emissions of the business entity in an emissions storage unit; accepting a target percentage reduction of said Scope 1 emissions; calculating a reduction amount by multiplying the scope 1 emissions at a base point in time by the reduction target percentage, and calculating a scope 1 unit reduction amount by dividing the reduction amount by the number of unit times from the base point in time to the target point in time; calculating a target emissions amount by subtracting a predetermined number of the scope 1 unit reductions from the scope 1 emissions amount at the base point in time; A program for causing a computer to execute the following.

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