Information processing system, information processing method, and program

Abstract

To make it possible to grasp the greenhouse gas emission status.SOLUTION: An information processing system comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires first information, which includes at least information related to greenhouse gases emitted by business entities constituting an upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information, which at least indicates attributes of the business entities; an information generation unit that generates third information based on information related to emission by a second business entity that matches or resembles the second information corresponding to a first business entity; and a presentation unit that presents the third information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

[Technical field]

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

[0002] Emissions of carbon dioxide and other substances have been calculated (see Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2007-164754 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] There is a need to understand the greenhouse gas emissions situation throughout the entire supply chain.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and aims to provide a technique that can grasp the greenhouse gas emission situation. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The information processing system according to the present embodiment comprises: An acquisition unit that acquires first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; an information generating unit that generates third information based on information related to the emission of a second business entity that is identical to or similar to the second information corresponding to a first business entity; A presentation unit that presents the third information; The present invention is characterized by comprising:

[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 grasp the emission status of greenhouse gases. [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] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a hardware configuration of a management server 200. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the software configuration of a management server 200. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an operation 1 of the information processing system. [Diagram 5] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a second operation of the information processing system. [Figure 6] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an operation 3 of the information processing system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] <System Overview> 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 200. The management server 200 is communicably connected to a user terminal 100 via a communication network 300. The communication network 300 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), etc.

[0011] The user terminal 100 is a computer operated by a user of a business entity such as a company that generates waste. The user terminal 100 may be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like. The user can use the user terminal 100 to access the management server 200 and calculate the amount of waste generated.

[0012] The management server 200 is a computer that calculates and manages emissions. The management server 200 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

[0013] <Management Server> FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the management server 200. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may be used. The management server 200 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 stores various data and programs. For example, it is a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, a flash memory, etc. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 300. For example, it is 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 inputs data. For example, it is a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, etc. The output device 206 outputs data. For example, it is a display, a printer, a speaker, etc. Each functional unit of the management server 200 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 200 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 200. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may be used. The management server 200 includes an emission coefficient storage unit 231, a scale information storage unit 232, an activity amount acquisition unit 211, an emission amount calculation unit 212, an emission coefficient presentation unit 213, an information acquisition unit 214, an information generation unit 215, an information presentation unit 216, and an information input unit 217.

[0015] The emission coefficient storage unit 231 stores, for each business entity, an emission coefficient for calculating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by the business entity. The emission coefficient storage unit 231 can store the emission coefficient in association with the business entity and information (activity content) that identifies the activity by the business entity. The emission coefficient storage unit 231 can also store the emission coefficient of the company itself.

[0016] The scale information storage unit 232 stores scale information indicating the scale of the business entity for each business entity. In this embodiment, the scale of the business entity is at least one of the sales scale and the asset scale. The sales scale and the asset scale may be numerical values. In this embodiment, the scale information includes the sales amount and the asset amount of the business entity in association with the business entity ID indicating the business entity. The scale information storage unit 232 stores first information and second information, which will be described later. The first information and the second information may be combined to form total information, and this total information may be stored in the scale information storage unit 232. Note that the first information and the second information may be stored using a storage unit other than the scale information storage unit 232.

[0017] The activity amount acquisition unit 211 acquires the activity amount of the business entity. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 can receive an input of the activity amount of the business entity. In addition, the activity amount acquisition unit 211 can acquire the activity amount of the business entity from an accounting system, a business system, or the like of the business entity.

[0018] The activity amount acquiring unit 211 can also acquire the amount of activity by a first business entity (supplier) constituting the upstream or downstream of the supply chain. The activity amount acquiring unit 211 may, for example, accept an input of the amount of activity, or may acquire the amount of activity from an information processing device of the supplier.

[0019] The emission calculation unit 212 calculates the amount of greenhouse gas emissions. The emission calculation unit 212 may calculate the emission amount of its own company. The emission calculation unit 212 can also calculate the emission amount of a supplier. The emission calculation unit 212 can calculate the amount of emission by a supplier by reading out an emission coefficient corresponding to the supplier from the emission coefficient storage unit 231 and multiplying the activity amount of the supplier acquired by the activity amount acquisition unit 211 by the read out emission coefficient.

[0020] When the emission amount of a supplier is not registered, the emission coefficient presentation unit 213 presents the emission coefficient of another business entity similar to the supplier. The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 transmits the presented emission coefficient to the user terminal 100, and can receive an instruction of the emission coefficient to be adopted from the user terminal 100. The user terminal 100 may adopt the presented emission coefficient, may input an emission coefficient that the user terminal 100 knows, or may adopt a standard emission coefficient provided by the Ministry of the Environment or the like. The emission amount calculation unit 212 can calculate the emission amount using the emission coefficient instructed from the user terminal 100.

[0021] The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 reads out scale information corresponding to the supplier from the scale information storage unit 232, and further refers to the scale information storage unit 232 to identify a second business entity (another supplier) corresponding to scale information that is identical or similar to the read out scale information, and reads out an emission coefficient corresponding to the identified other supplier from the emission coefficient storage unit 231. The similarity of the scale information can be determined based on whether or not a difference in sales amount and / or asset amount is within a predetermined range. The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 may read out an emission coefficient corresponding to the identified other supplier and activity from the emission coefficient storage unit 231. The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 can present the read out emission coefficient. The second business entity is one or more other suppliers.

[0022] The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 may specify other suppliers having similar scale information related to the activity. In this case, the scale information stored in the scale information storage unit 232 includes sales and / or asset amounts by activity (e.g., by product, by service, etc.). The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 can read out from the emission coefficient storage unit 231 other suppliers having the same or similar scale information related to the activity and the emission coefficient corresponding to the activity.

[0023] The information acquisition unit 214 acquires first information and second information. The first information is information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that constitute the upstream or downstream of the supply chain. The first information is, for example, a report that describes information related to emissions (hereinafter, an emission report), a group of information that shows multiple external findings, etc. The first information is also referred to as emission information. Examples of the emission report include a TCFD report, a CDP report, and a sustainability report, but other reports may also be used. The information related to greenhouse gas emissions is, for example, information indicating the amount of emissions, information on the contents to be described in the emission report, information showing internal or external findings, etc.

[0024] The second information is information that indicates at least the attributes of the business entity (supplier). The second information includes, for example, scale information, attribute information of each supplier, information on the type of business, information on greenhouse gas emissions registration, information on future targets, industry information as attribute information of suppliers, information on trends in the industry, customer information, information on mapping of accounting items and emission intensity, information on guidelines related to the GHG Protocol, information on internal and external knowledge such as mapping of accounting items and emission coefficients accumulated in the past, and various other information. The second information may be a variable.

[0025] The method of the information acquisition unit 214 acquiring these pieces of information includes a method of acquiring information input from one or more user terminals 100 and a method of the management server 200 acquiring information. In the case of the method of acquisition by the management server 200, the size information of the second business entity and information related to emissions are acquired based on the attribute information corresponding to the first business entity. For example, when the attribute information corresponding to the first business entity is transportation, the size information of the second business entity, which is transportation information, and information related to emissions are acquired. The information related to emissions (also referred to as information by type related to emissions) is, for example, information on greenhouse gas emissions, information indicating scopes 1 to 3, information indicating categories 1 to 15 of scope 3, and the like. The information acquisition unit 214 and the activity amount acquisition unit 211 may be one acquisition unit instead of separate acquisition units. Furthermore, the information related to emissions may be information on the contents to be described in an emission report, and the like.

[0026] The information generating unit 215 reads out second information (e.g., transportation information, which is the attribute information of the company) corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, refers to the scale information storage unit 232, identifies a second business entity (e.g., another transportation supplier) corresponding to the second information that matches or is similar to the read out second information, reads out information related to emissions (e.g., information on the contents to be described in the TCFD report) corresponding to the identified second business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, and generates third information (e.g., a TCFD report reflecting the review results or a new TCFD report) different from the first information and the second information based on the read out information related to emissions. The third information is information that reflects the contents to be described in the emission report of the second business entity. In other words, the third information is information created based on the emission reports of other suppliers, and the management server 200 stores the emission reports of multiple other suppliers and generates the third information based on these pieces of information. The generated third information may also be the emission report itself, in which case the information generating unit 215 creates a new emission report. Furthermore, the third information may be information on the emissions of the second business entity, information indicating Scopes 1 to 3, information suggesting Categories 1 to 15 of Scope 3, or the like.

[0027] The information generating unit 215 also reads out information (e.g., information on a question) corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, refers to the scale information storage unit 232, identifies a second business entity (e.g., another supplier) corresponding to second information that is identical or similar to the read information corresponding to the first business entity, reads out information related to emissions (e.g., information on external knowledge) corresponding to the identified second business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, and generates third information (e.g., information on a response to a question) different from the first information and the second information based on the read information related to emissions. It is also possible to identify a second business entity (e.g., another supplier) corresponding to second information that is identical or similar to the information corresponding to the first business entity, read out combined information (e.g., information combining internal knowledge and external knowledge) that combines information related to emissions corresponding to the identified second business entity with information related to emissions corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, and generate third information (e.g., information on a response to a question) different from the first information and the second information based on the read information related to emissions. The third information is information on an answer to a question, such as information indicating a scope, information indicating a category, information indicating a reason, and the like.

[0028] The information corresponding to the first business entity may be, for example, information in which a user maps a scope and / or category for an accounting item and an emission coefficient. In this case, the information generating unit 215 reads information corresponding to the first business entity (for example, information in which a scope and / or category for an accounting item and an emission coefficient are mapped) from the scale information storage unit 232, refers to the scale information storage unit 232, identifies a second business entity (for example, another supplier) corresponding to second information that is identical or similar to the read information corresponding to the first business entity, reads information related to emissions (for example, information on external knowledge) corresponding to the identified second business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, and generates third information (for example, knowledge on the mapped information) different from the first information and the second information based on the read information related to emissions. The third information is information in which an accounting item and an emission intensity are mapped, information in which a scope and / or category and an emission coefficient are mapped, or the like.

[0029] The information presentation unit 216 presents the third information. The information presentation unit 216 transmits the third information to be presented to the user terminal 100, and displays the third information on the user terminal 100. The third information transmitted to the user terminal 100 can be edited and processed on the user terminal 100. The information presentation unit 216 will be described as having a different function from the emission coefficient presentation unit 213, but may have the same function, in which case it will be referred to as a presentation unit.

[0030] The information input unit 217 inputs information corresponding to the first business entity input from the user terminal 100 to the management server 200. The management server 200 acquires the input information corresponding to the first business entity by the information acquisition unit 214. The information corresponding to the first business entity is, for example, information of an inquiry such as a question.

[0031] Also, when the user inputs information on the release report created by the user's company to the management server 200 via the user terminal 100, the review result (third information) may be displayed. In this case, the release report created by the user's company is the first information. Also, it is preferable that the release report created by the user's company includes the second information. The management server 200 generates a review result, which is information on the items to be described that are necessary for the user's release report and information on the contents to be added or corrected in the release report, based on the release reports of multiple other suppliers that it has acquired, and presents the release report that reflects the review result. The method of inputting the release report information to the management server 200 may be to input character information via OCR. In this way, multiple types of release reports can be easily acquired.

[0032] <Operation> FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation 1 of the information processing system.

[0033] The management server 200 acquires the activity amount of the corresponding supplier for each activity (e.g., each raw material procured by the company) for which emissions are to be calculated (S301). For example, the management server 200 may transmit a request to the supplier and receive the activity amount from the supplier's user terminal 100, may receive the activity amount from the company's user terminal 100, or may acquire the activity amount from the supplier's business system or the like. The management server 200 acquires the emission coefficient corresponding to the supplier and the activity from the emission coefficient storage unit 231 (S302).

[0034] If the emission coefficient cannot be acquired (S303: NO), the management server 200 reads out the scale information corresponding to the supplier from the scale information storage unit 232 (S304). The management server 200 may acquire the scale information (sales amount and / or asset amount) related to the activity corresponding to the supplier and the activity. The management server 200 identifies other suppliers similar to the acquired scale information from the scale information storage unit 232 (S305), and reads out the emission coefficient corresponding to the other supplier and activity from the emission coefficient storage unit 231 (S306). If the emission coefficient corresponding to the other supplier and activity is not registered, the management server 200 can repeat the process from S305. The management server 200 transmits the read out emission coefficient to the user terminal 100 (S307), and accepts the designation of the emission coefficient to be used from the user terminal 100 (S308).

[0035] The management server 200 can calculate the emission amount by multiplying the emission coefficient and the amount of activity (S309).

[0036] In this way, for a supplier whose emission factor is unknown, the emission factors of other suppliers of a similar scale can be presented to the user. The user can use the emission factors of other similar suppliers related to their own company, instead of secondary data.

[0037] In this embodiment, other suppliers whose scale information is similar to that of the supplier are identified, but other suppliers whose business type matches or is similar to that of the supplier and whose scale (sales, assets) matches or is similar to that of the supplier may be identified. In this case, the business type of the business entity may be included in the scale information, or an industry storage unit that stores the business entity's industry may be provided.

[0038] FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a second operation of the information processing system.

[0039] The management server 200 acquires first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that constitute the upstream or downstream of the supply chain for each activity (e.g., each of raw materials procured by the company) for which emissions are to be calculated (S501). The management server 200 also acquires second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities (S502). Next, the management server 200 stores the acquired first information and second information in the scale information storage unit 232 (S503). Next, the management server 200 reads out second information corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit 232 (S504). Next, the management server 200 refers to the scale information storage unit 232 to identify a second business entity corresponding to second information that is identical or similar to the read out second information (S505). Next, the management server 200 reads out information related to emissions corresponding to the identified second business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, and generates third information based on the read out information related to emissions (S506). Next, the management server 200 presents the third information (S507).

[0040] In operation 2, the management server 200 may calculate information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of the supply chain. This calculation is performed by an emission amount calculation unit. Operation 1 and operation 2 may also be combined.

[0041] An increasing number of companies are disclosing information related to greenhouse gas emissions. Specialized knowledge and know-how are required to prepare an emissions report, but businesses (especially small and medium-sized enterprises) that do not have this often do not know what type of information to compile or what to include when preparing an emissions report, and are forced to rely on consultants who are knowledgeable in this field. Also, while it is possible for a company to prepare its own emissions report by referencing emissions reports disclosed by other companies in the same industry, there is a problem in that it takes a great deal of time to aggregate and organize the information that is necessary for the company from the referenced emissions reports.

[0042] According to operation 2, an information processing system can be provided that includes an acquisition unit that acquires first information (e.g., a TCFD report) including information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities upstream or downstream in the supply chain (e.g., information to be included in a TCFD report) and second information indicating attributes of the business entity (e.g., transportation information as attribute information of a supplier), an information generation unit that generates third information (e.g., a new TCFD report, a TCFD report reflecting review results) based on information related to emissions of a second business entity (another supplier) that matches or is similar to the second information (transportation information) corresponding to the first business entity, and a presentation unit that presents the third information.

[0043] In this way, by simply inputting the prerequisites such as the first information and the second information, an emission report format suited to the user is provided, so even businesses without specialized knowledge or know-how can easily create emission reports. In addition, the information processing system reviews the reports based on many published emission reports, which improves the accuracy of the emission reports created in-house.

[0044] FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a third operation of the information processing system.

[0045] The management server 200 acquires first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that constitute the upstream or downstream of the supply chain for each activity (e.g., each of the raw materials procured by the company) for which emissions are to be calculated (S601). The management server 200 also acquires second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities (S602). Next, the management server 200 stores the acquired first information and second information in the scale information storage unit 232 (S603). Next, the management server 200 reads out the second information corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit 232 (S604). Next, the management server 200 acquires information corresponding to the first business entity (S605). The term "acquiring information corresponding to the first business entity" refers to storing information corresponding to the first business entity input from the user terminal 100 in a storage unit (e.g., the scale information storage unit 232) and acquiring the stored information by reading it out. Next, the management server 200 refers to the scale information storage unit 232 and identifies a second business entity corresponding to the second information that is identical or similar to the read first business entity (S606). Next, the management server 200 reads out emission-related information corresponding to the identified second business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, and generates third information based on the read emission-related information (S607). Next, the management server 200 presents the third information (S608).

[0046] In operation 3, the management server 200 may calculate information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of the supply chain. This calculation is performed by the emission amount calculation unit. Operation 3 may also be combined with operations 1 and 2.

[0047] Companies are using FAQs and chatbots as a way to reduce the amount of work required to respond to customer questions (inquiries). However, because conventional FAQs and chatbots can only respond to pre-defined patterns, they may not be able to provide the answers or solutions that questioners are truly looking for.

[0048] According to operation 3, it is possible to provide an information processing system including: an acquisition unit that acquires first information (e.g., group information of internal knowledge) including at least information (e.g., internal knowledge) related to greenhouse gas emissions by multiple business entities that are upstream or downstream of the supply chain; second information (e.g., information on external knowledge such as customer information) indicating at least the attributes of the business entities; a memory unit (e.g., a scale information memory unit) that stores the acquired first information and second information; an input unit that inputs information corresponding to the first business entity (e.g., information on a question); an information generation unit that generates third information (e.g., information on an answer to the question) based on information related to emissions by a second business entity (other supplier) that matches or is similar to the information corresponding to the first business entity; and a presentation unit that presents the third information.

[0049] According to operation 3, an information processing system can be provided that includes an acquisition unit that acquires emission information (e.g., group information of information indicating scope) including at least type information (e.g., information indicating scope) regarding greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of the supply chain, a storage unit (e.g., scale information storage unit) that stores the acquired emission information, an input unit that inputs information corresponding to the first business entity (e.g., question information), an information generation unit that generates type information corresponding to the first business entity based on type information regarding emissions that matches or is similar to the information corresponding to the first business entity (e.g., information indicating scope, information indicating category, and information on the reason) and a presentation unit that presents type information corresponding to the first business entity. Note that type information corresponding to the first business entity is also third information.

[0050] By combining publicly available external expert knowledge in this way with internal knowledge such as customer data accumulated within the company, it is possible to extract the answers and solutions that the customer asking the question is truly looking for, making it possible to automatically respond to inquiries with high accuracy.

[0051] The second information may be information indicating customer attributes. The information indicating customer attributes is, for example, information such as industry, sales, sales by business, market segment, number of employees, business region, business content, products and services sold, manufactured and provided. The second information may be information on sustainability initiatives. The information on sustainability initiatives is, for example, information such as goals related to climate change, internal strategies and structures, and numerical targets. Furthermore, the second information may be information on external factors such as competitive information and information related to customer trends. These pieces of information may be the first information. In this way, by providing many types of first information and second information, it is possible to easily create the third information.

[0052] The activity amount acquisition unit 211, the emission amount calculation unit 212, the emission coefficient presentation unit 213, the information acquisition unit 214, the information generation unit 215, the information presentation unit 216, and the information input unit 217 of the management server 200 may be executed by a system having an artificial intelligence that learns by itself. In addition, this system may perform tuning to learn acquired information such as information indicating a scope, information indicating a category, and information indicating a reason. In this way, when documents published by the WBCSD and the Ministry of the Environment and an internal customer database are loaded into the management server 200 and a customer inputs a prerequisite (industry type, product, service, etc.), an optimal answer for the customer is generated from a group of learned information and an answer is automatically given. It is also possible to load information in multiple languages. Also, input of questions and answers can be made in multiple languages. By making the system multilingual, anyone can easily obtain the information they want to know.

[0053] 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.

[0054] <Disclosures> The present disclosure also includes the following configurations. [Item 1] an emission coefficient storage unit that stores an emission coefficient for calculating greenhouse gas emissions for each business entity; a scale information storage unit that stores, for each of the business entities, scale information indicating at least one of a sales scale and an asset scale; An acquisition unit that acquires an amount of activity by a first business entity that is an upstream or downstream of a supply chain; an emission calculation unit that calculates the emission amount by the first business entity by multiplying the activity amount by the emission coefficient corresponding to the first business entity; a presentation unit that, when the emission coefficient corresponding to the first business entity is not registered, reads out the scale information corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit, refers to the scale information storage unit, identifies a second business entity corresponding to the scale information that is identical or similar to the read-out scale information, reads out the emission coefficient corresponding to the identified second business entity from the emission coefficient storage unit, and presents the read-out emission coefficient; An information processing system comprising: [Item 2] The information processing system according to item 1, The sales scale and the asset scale are numerical values, the presentation unit identifies the second business entity corresponding to the scale information stored in the scale information storage unit, the difference between which and the read scale information falls within a predetermined range; An information processing system comprising: [Item 3] The information processing system according to item 1, The emission coefficient storage unit stores the emission coefficient in association with the business entity and the activity by the business entity, the scale information storage unit stores the scale information in association with the activity; an emission calculation unit acquires the emission coefficient corresponding to the first business entity and the activity related to the amount of activity; the presentation unit refers to the scale information storage unit to identify a second business entity corresponding to the scale information that is identical or similar to the scale information of the first business entity and the activity, and reads out the emission coefficient corresponding to the identified second business entity and the activity from the emission coefficient storage unit; An information processing system comprising: [Item 4] storing an emission coefficient for calculating greenhouse gas emissions for each business entity in an emission coefficient storage unit; storing, for each of the business entities, scale information indicating at least one of sales scale and asset scale in a scale information storage unit; A step of acquiring an amount of activity by a first business entity constituting an upstream or downstream of a supply chain; calculating the amount of emissions by the first business entity by multiplying the activity amount by the emission factor corresponding to the first business entity; When the emission coefficient corresponding to the first business entity is not registered, reading out the scale information corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit, referring to the scale information storage unit, identifying a second business entity corresponding to the scale information that is identical or similar to the read-out scale information, reading out the emission coefficient corresponding to the identified second business entity from the emission coefficient storage unit, and presenting the read-out emission coefficient; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 5] storing an emission coefficient for calculating greenhouse gas emissions for each business entity in an emission coefficient storage unit; storing, for each of the business entities, scale information indicating at least one of sales scale and asset scale in a scale information storage unit; A step of acquiring an amount of activity by a first business entity constituting an upstream or downstream of a supply chain; calculating the amount of emissions by the first business entity by multiplying the activity amount by the emission factor corresponding to the first business entity; When the emission coefficient corresponding to the first business entity is not registered, reading out the scale information corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit, referring to the scale information storage unit, identifying a second business entity corresponding to the scale information that is identical or similar to the read-out scale information, reading out the emission coefficient corresponding to the identified second business entity from the emission coefficient storage unit, and presenting the read-out emission coefficient; A program for causing a computer to execute the following. [Item 6] An acquisition unit that acquires first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; an information generating unit that generates third information based on information related to the emission of a second business entity that is identical to or similar to the second information corresponding to a first business entity; A presentation unit that presents the third information; An information processing system comprising: [Item 7] A step of acquiring first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; generating third information based on information related to the emissions of a second business entity that matches or is similar to the second information corresponding to the first business entity; presenting the third information; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 8] A step of acquiring first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; generating third information based on information related to the emissions of a second business entity that matches or is similar to the second information corresponding to the first business entity; presenting the third information; A program for causing a computer to execute the following. [Item 9] An acquisition unit that acquires first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; A storage unit that stores the acquired first information and the acquired second information; an input unit for inputting information corresponding to a first business entity; an information generating unit that generates third information based on information related to the emission of a second business entity that is identical to or similar to information corresponding to the first business entity; A presentation unit that presents the third information; An information processing system comprising: [Item 10] A step of acquiring first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; storing the acquired first information and second information in a storage unit; inputting information corresponding to a first business entity; generating third information based on information related to the emissions of a second business entity that matches or is similar to information corresponding to the first business entity; presenting the third information; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 11] A step of acquiring first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; storing the acquired first information and second information in a storage unit; inputting information corresponding to a first business entity; generating third information based on information related to the emissions of a second business entity that matches or is similar to information corresponding to the first business entity; presenting the third information; A program for causing a computer to execute the following. [Item 12] An acquisition unit that acquires emission information including at least information by type regarding greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of the supply chain; A storage unit that stores the acquired discharge information; an input unit for inputting information corresponding to a first business entity; an information generating unit that generates information of a type corresponding to the first business entity based on information of a type related to the emission that is identical to or similar to information of the first business entity; A presentation unit that presents information of a type corresponding to the first business entity; An information processing system comprising: [Item 13] acquiring emission information including at least type-specific information regarding greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain; storing the acquired discharge information in a storage unit; inputting information corresponding to a first business entity; generating information of a type corresponding to the first business entity based on information of a type related to the emission that matches or is similar to information corresponding to the first business entity; presenting information of a type corresponding to the first business entity; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 14] acquiring emission information including at least type-specific information regarding greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain; storing the acquired discharge information in a storage unit; inputting information corresponding to a first business entity; generating information of a type corresponding to the first business entity based on information of a type related to the emission that matches or is similar to information corresponding to the first business entity; presenting information of a type corresponding to the first business entity; A program for causing a computer to execute the following. [Explanation of symbols]

[0055] 100 user terminals 200 Management Server 211 Activity data acquisition department 212 Emissions Calculation Department 213 Emission factor presentation section 214 Information Acquisition Department 215 Information generation section 216 Information Presentation Department 217 Information Input Section 231 Emission factor memory section 232 Scale information storage unit

Claims

1. A storage unit that stores information indicating the knowledge of business entities that constitute the upstream or downstream of the supply chain, An input section for entering question information, An information generation unit generates information for the answer to the question based on the information that shows the findings which are consistent with or similar to the information in the question. A display unit that presents information answering the aforementioned question, An information processing system characterized by comprising the following features.

2. The steps of storing information in a storage unit that represents the knowledge of a business entity that constitutes the upstream or downstream of the supply chain, Steps to enter information for the question, A step of generating information to answer a question based on information showing the findings that match or are similar to the information of the question, A step of providing information that answers the aforementioned question, An information processing method characterized by a computer executing the following.

3. A step of storing information in a storage unit that shows the knowledge of a business entity that constitutes the upstream or downstream of the supply chain, Steps to enter information for the question, A step of generating information to answer a question based on information showing the findings that match or are similar to the information of the question, A step of providing information that answers the aforementioned question, A program that causes a computer to execute something.

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