Information processing system, information processing method, and program

Abstract

To provide an information processing system for appropriately managing greenhouse gas emissions, and to provide an information processing system for realizing efficient transportation (delivery).SOLUTION: An information processing system comprises: a transportation route storage unit for storing a plurality of transportation routes from a departure point to an arrival point; a traffic volume determination unit for determining a traffic volume on the transportation route; a transportation route selection unit for selecting one transportation route from among the plurality of transportation routes based on a result of the determination by the traffic volume determination unit; and a transportation route sharing unit for sharing, among users, the plurality of transportation routes stored in the transportation route storage unit and / or one transportation route selected by the transportation route selection unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

[Technical field]

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

[0002] Calculations of greenhouse gas emissions are currently being carried out (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] It is time-consuming to register the data required to calculate emissions into the system.

[0005] There are concerns that the labor shortage in the logistics industry will result in a decline in transportation capacity. In order to prevent a decline in transportation capacity, there is a need to improve the efficiency of logistics. However, some transportation companies (small and medium-sized transportation businesses and sole proprietors) are not using data to implement efficient transportation (delivery).

[0006] Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the logistics industry has been set as one of the measures to combat global warming, and therefore all transport companies, regardless of whether they are large, small or medium-sized, or sole proprietors, must calculate the amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by transportation (delivery) and manage the results of these calculations.

[0007] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above background, and aims to facilitate the registration of greenhouse gas emissions, to provide an information processing system for optimally managing greenhouse gas emissions, and to provide an information processing system for realizing efficient transportation (delivery). [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] The main invention of the present invention for solving the above problem is an information processing system comprising a transport route memory unit that stores a plurality of transport routes from a first point to a second point, a traffic volume judgment unit that judges the traffic volume of the transport routes, a transport route selection unit that selects one of the plurality of transport routes based on the judgment result of the traffic volume judgment unit, and a transport route sharing unit that shares the plurality of transport routes stored in the transport route memory unit and / or the one transport route selected by the transport route selection unit among users.

[0009] 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

[0010] According to the present invention, it is possible to easily register greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, according to the present invention, a transport company can realize efficient transport (delivery). Furthermore, according to the present invention, a transport company involved in logistics can appropriately manage greenhouse gas emissions. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an emission management 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. 13 is a diagram for explaining an operation 1 of the management server 2. [Diagram 5] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an operation 2 of the management server 2. [Figure 6] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a process for outputting a target discharge amount. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a process for outputting an emission amount reduced by a solution. [Figure 8] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a process for outputting on-duty time and working time. [Figure 9] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a process for outputting a reduction target. [Figure 10] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an operation 3 of the management server 2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] <System Overview> An information processing system (a greenhouse gas emission management system) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The information processing system (a greenhouse gas emission management system) according to this embodiment is intended to manage greenhouse gas emissions by an emitter such as a company. The information processing system (a greenhouse gas emission management system) according to this embodiment accepts an input of the amount of activity of the emitter or another emitter located upstream or downstream in the emitter's supply chain, and calculates the amount of emission by multiplying this by an emission coefficient. The amount of emission is tallied for each base of the emitter. A base is, for example, a place where an activity that emits greenhouse gas is carried out, such as a business establishment or a factory, and a report of the total amount of emission is required for each base. In addition, the information processing system (a greenhouse gas emission management system) according to this embodiment is intended to select one transportation route from among a plurality of transportation routes in consideration of traffic volume, and to share the selected one transportation route among transport companies. In addition, the information processing system (a greenhouse gas emission management system) according to this embodiment adds predetermined information to the transportation record, and calculates the amount of greenhouse gas emission in the transportation record extracted based on the added predetermined information.

[0013] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system (including a greenhouse gas emission management system, the same applies below) according to this embodiment. The information processing system according to 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.

[0014] The user terminal 1 is a computer operated by a user of an emitter company or a transport company user. The user terminal 1 can be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like. A user can use the user terminal 1 to access the management server 2 and calculate greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, a user can use the user terminal 1 to access the management server 2, select one transportation route from among multiple transportation routes, and share the selected transportation route among other users.

[0015] The management server 2 is a computer that calculates and manages greenhouse gas 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.

[0016] <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.

[0017] 3 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the management server 2. The management server 2 includes a base information storage unit 231, an activity amount storage unit 232, an emission coefficient storage unit 233, an emission amount storage unit 234, a user base storage unit 235, an activity amount input unit 211, a base identification unit 212, a registration unit 213, an emission amount calculation unit 214, a transport route storage unit (not shown), a traffic volume determination unit (not shown), a transport route selection unit (not shown), a transport route sharing unit (not shown), a transport schedule change proposal unit (not shown), a transport performance storage unit (not shown), an information addition unit (not shown), and a calculation method designation unit (not shown).

[0018] <Storage section> The base information storage unit 231 stores information on the bases of greenhouse gas emitters (hereinafter referred to as base information). The base information can include information (company ID) for identifying the emitter (e.g., a company, etc.), information (base ID) for identifying the base related to the emitter, and location information of the base. The location information can be expressed, for example, by latitude and longitude. The location information may be expressed, for example, by a geofence.

[0019] The activity amount storage unit 232 stores information on the amount of activity by the waste generating entity (hereinafter, referred to as activity amount information). In this embodiment, the activity amount storage unit 232 stores the amount of activity for each base. The activity amount information can include a company ID that identifies the waste generating entity, a base ID that identifies the base, information indicating the time when the activity was performed (time information), information that identifies the type of activity (type identification information), and the amount of activity at the base by the waste generating entity. The time of the activity may be, for example, in units of hours, days, or months. The unit of the activity amount does not matter. For example, the activity amount may be expressed by monetary amount (yen) or physical amount (tons, kilograms, kiloliters, etc.).

[0020] The emission coefficient storage unit 233 stores information including emission coefficients for calculating greenhouse gas emissions (hereinafter referred to as emission coefficient information). The emission coefficient information may include emission coefficients in association with a company ID that identifies the emitter and type-specific information that identifies the type of activity. The emission coefficient information may include emission coefficients in association with type-specific information that indicates the type of activity. The emission coefficient 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).

[0021] The emission amount storage unit 234 stores the amount of greenhouse gas emissions. The emission amount storage unit 234 can store the amount of emissions for each base. The emission amount storage unit 234 can store a company ID indicating the emitter, a base ID indicating the base, 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 day, or a date and time range. For example, the scope and category can be those defined in the GHG Protocol.

[0022] The user base storage unit 235 stores information indicating bases related to a user (hereinafter referred to as user base information). The user base information can include, in association with information identifying a user (user ID), a company ID identifying a discharge entity to which the user belongs, and information identifying a base (base ID) at which the user may input data. Multiple company IDs and / or base IDs may be included.

[0023] The transport route storage unit (not shown) receives information about the transport route and stores (registers) the received information about the transport route. The transport route refers to a route from a departure point to a destination point (arrival point) taken by a moving body (which refers to a freight vehicle (including a motorcycle), a freight railroad, a freight ship, and a freight airline, hereinafter the same) among land, sea, and air routes. The transport route storage unit may be any storage unit that stores information about a transport route connecting a first point (departure point) and a second point (arrival point), regardless of whether the information is received by the user terminal 1.

[0024] The transport record storage unit (not shown) records (registers) information on the transport record on a predetermined transport route received from the user terminal 1 or the like. The transport record refers to the travel distance and operation distance of the mobile body, consignor information (name of sender / receiver, and loading / unloading location), the type of road the mobile body actually traveled (general road, national expressway, general national highway, national highway, prefectural road, and municipal road), the type of sea route and air route the mobile body actually operated, the actual transport date and time (transport start date / start time, transport end date / transport end time), the type of mobile body (small truck, medium truck, and large truck in the case of a freight vehicle, and large motorcycle and normal motorcycle in the case of a motorcycle), the type of fuel (gasoline or diesel), and the amount of fuel consumed. The transport record information may be received by a device other than the user terminal 1, or may be directly input. The transport record storage unit only needs to store the transport record information.

[0025] <Functional section> The activity amount input unit 211 receives an input of an activity amount together with the user's location. The activity amount input unit 211 can receive from the user terminal 1 location information obtained by processing a signal from a GPS satellite, for example, and the type (type identification information) of the activity amount and the activity amount received from the user.

[0026] The base identification unit 212 refers to the base information storage unit 231 and identifies a base to be input based on the user's position. The base identification unit 212 can identify, for example, base information including location information closest to location information received from the user terminal 1 among the base information stored in the base information storage unit 231 as base information related to the base to be input. The base identification unit 212 can also identify a base corresponding to the user and to be input by referring to the user base storage unit 235 and the base information storage unit 231. For example, the base identification unit 212 can read out a company ID and a base ID corresponding to a user ID that identifies the user of the user terminal 1 from the user base storage unit 235, and identify, among the base information stored in the base information storage unit 231, one that includes location information closest to the location information acquired from the user terminal 1 as base information related to the base to be input. The base identification unit 212 can acquire the company ID and the base ID included in the identified base information.

[0027] The registration unit 213 can register the input activity amount in association with the specified base. The registration unit 213 can create activity amount information including the acquired company ID and base ID, time information including the current time, and the received type identification information and activity amount, and register the information in the activity amount storage unit 232.

[0028] The emission calculation unit 214 can calculate the greenhouse gas emission amount based on the activity amount stored in the activity amount storage unit 232. The emission calculation unit 214 accepts the designation of the company ID and base ID to be calculated, reads out the activity amount information corresponding to the accepted company ID and base ID from the activity amount storage unit 232, reads out the emission coefficient corresponding to the accepted company ID and the type specification information included in the activity amount information from the emission coefficient storage unit 233 for each of the read activity amount information, and multiplies the activity amount included in the activity amount information by the read emission coefficient, thereby calculating the emission amount. The emission calculation unit 214 may calculate the emission amount by the emission entity by summing up all the calculated emission amounts, or may sum up the emission amounts by scope and category. In addition, the emission calculation unit 214 may sum up the emission amounts for each base, or may sum up the emission amounts for each base, scope, and category. The emission calculation unit 214 can output (for example, transmit to the user terminal 1) the calculated emission amount.

[0029] The emission calculation unit 214 calculates greenhouse gas emissions based on the transportation record stored (registered) in a transportation record storage unit (not shown) and the calculation method (fuel method, fuel efficiency method, improved ton-kilometer method, conventional ton-kilometer method) specified in a calculation method designation unit (not shown). The calculation method of greenhouse gas emissions is a calculation method such as the fuel method, fuel efficiency method, improved ton-kilometer method, conventional ton-kilometer method, etc. Details of these calculation methods will be described later in the explanation of the calculation method designation unit (not shown).

[0030] The traffic volume determination unit (not shown) determines the amount of traffic on a plurality of transport routes connecting a first point (start point) and a second point (arrival point). For example, when the plurality of transport routes are land routes, the amount of traffic is derived from the number of automobiles per unit time measured by a constant traffic volume observation device installed by a road administrator, or the number of automobiles passing through a traffic volume observation point per unit time. Information on the amount of traffic is collected in the information processing system of this embodiment using, for example, VICS (registered trademark). Note that the traffic volume determination unit (not shown) may not only determine the amount of traffic on a plurality of transport routes connecting a first point (start point) and a second point (arrival point) once, but may also be configured to periodically continue to determine the amount of traffic on the plurality of transport routes, thereby constantly determining the latest amount of traffic.

[0031] An example of traffic volume determination by a traffic volume determination unit (not shown) is shown below. In a case where there are five land transport routes connecting a first point (start point) to a second point (arrival point), namely, a first transport route, a second transport route, a third transport route, a fourth transport route, and a fifth transport route, the traffic volume determination unit determines whether the traffic volume is large or small based on one of the following (1) to (3). (1) Determine the route with the least traffic volume from among the first transportation route, the second transportation route, the third transportation route, the fourth transportation route, and the fifth transportation route. (2) A transportation route with a traffic volume equal to or less than a predetermined volume is determined from among the first transportation route, the second transportation route, the third transportation route, the fourth transportation route, and the fifth transportation route. (3) Determine the top three transportation routes with the least traffic among the first transportation route, the second transportation route, the third transportation route, the fourth transportation route, and the fifth transportation route. The number of transportation routes with the lowest traffic volume is appropriately changed depending on the number of transportation route patterns.

[0032] The traffic volume determination unit (not shown) may determine a time period with low traffic volume on a plurality of transport routes connecting a first point (start point) and a second point (arrival point). For example, when the plurality of transport routes are land routes, the time period with low traffic volume is derived by analyzing past transport records recorded in a transport record storage unit (not shown). In addition, the determination may be made based on data published by a business operator operating a toll road business, or may be derived by analyzing past transport records recorded in the transport record storage unit (not shown) and data published by a business operator operating a toll road business.

[0033] The following shows an example of a traffic volume determination unit (not shown) determining a time period with low traffic volume. In a case where there are five land transport routes connecting a first point (start point) and a second point (arrival point), namely, a first transport route, a second transport route, a third transport route, a fourth transport route, and a fifth transport route, the traffic volume determination unit determines whether the time period has low traffic volume or not based on one of the following (1) to (3). (1) Determine the time periods with the least traffic volume on the first transportation route, the second transportation route, the third transportation route, the fourth transportation route, and the fifth transportation route. (2) Determine a time period during which the traffic volume on the first transportation route, the second transportation route, the third transportation route, the fourth transportation route, and the fifth transportation route is equal to or less than a predetermined volume. (3) Determine the top three least traffic volume time periods among the time periods with the least traffic volume on each of the first transportation route, the second transportation route, the third transportation route, the fourth transportation route, and the fifth transportation route. Alternatively, the system may be divided into a morning time slot and an afternoon time slot, and the top three time slots with low traffic volume in the morning time slot (0:00-11:00) may be determined, and the top three time slots with low traffic volume in the afternoon time slot (13:00-23:00) may be determined. Note that the number of the top three time slots with low traffic volume may be changed as appropriate depending on the number of transport route patterns.

[0034] The example of the judgment by the traffic volume judgment unit (not shown) is not limited to the above-mentioned example of judging the amount of traffic or the example of judging the time period with low traffic by the traffic volume judgment unit (not shown). For example, in a case where there are five patterns of transportation routes, namely, the first transportation route, the second transportation route, the third transportation route, the fourth transportation route, and the fifth transportation route, as land transportation routes connecting the first point (start point) to the second point (arrival point), the route with the highest traffic volume among the first transportation route, the second transportation route, the third transportation route, the fourth transportation route, and the fifth transportation route, and the time period with the highest traffic volume on the first transportation route, the second transportation route, the third transportation route, the fourth transportation route, and the fifth transportation route may be judged and transmitted to the transportation route selection unit (not shown) as the judgment result. It is possible to cause the transportation route selection unit (not shown) to select the optimal transportation route from among the multiple existing transportation routes, avoiding the route with the highest traffic volume and the time period with the highest traffic volume.

[0035] The transportation route selection unit (not shown) receives the judgment result (traffic volume or time period with low traffic volume) transmitted from the traffic volume judgment unit (not shown), and selects the optimal transportation route from among multiple transportation routes from a first point (start point) to a second point (arrival point) based on the judgment result. The optimal transportation route here refers to a transportation route with low traffic volume or a transportation route with short transportation time of a moving object (a transportation route with short operation time of a moving object, a transportation route with low greenhouse gas emissions from a moving object, etc.) when multiple transportation routes from a first point (start point) to a second point (arrival point) are land routes. The optimal transportation route here refers to a time period with low traffic volume on the transportation route, a large number of lanes, a width of N meters or more, and no toll. The transportation route selection unit (not shown) may not only receive the judgment result (traffic volume or time period with low traffic volume) transmitted from the traffic volume judgment unit (not shown) only once, but may also receive it periodically to always receive the latest judgment result (traffic volume or time period with low traffic volume).

[0036] As described above, the transportation route selection unit (not shown) receives the judgment results (traffic volume and time periods with low traffic volume) sent from the traffic volume judgment unit (not shown), and selects the optimal transportation route from among multiple transportation routes from a first point (departure point) to a second point (arrival point) based on this judgment result. However, if an accident or other problem occurs on the selected optimal transportation route and the route becomes non-optimal, the optimal transportation route may be reselected by periodically receiving the judgment results (traffic volume and time periods with low traffic volume) sent from the traffic volume judgment unit (not shown).

[0037] The transport route sharing unit (not shown) shares information about transport routes and transport performance with other users (other transport companies, shippers, etc.) who are using the information processing system of this embodiment. In this case, the other users (other transport companies, shippers, etc.) who are the recipients of the sharing access the information processing system of this embodiment using their own terminals and refer to the information about transport routes and the information about transport performance. In this way, efficient transport (delivery) using data can be realized by the other users (other transport companies, shippers, etc.) who are the recipients of the sharing refer to the shared information about transport routes and the information about transport performance.

[0038] The transport schedule change suggestion unit (not shown) receives the judgment result (traffic volume or time period with low traffic volume) transmitted from the traffic volume judgment unit (not shown) and proposes a change to the transport schedule to the user based on the judgment result. For example, it plans a transport schedule based on a route that avoids transport routes with high traffic volume (in other words, a route that prioritizes transport routes with low traffic volume) and proposes to the user that the original schedule be changed. It also plans a schedule for transport during a time period with low traffic volume and proposes to the user that the original schedule be changed. The transport schedule change suggestion unit (not shown) may also be configured to periodically receive the judgment result (traffic volume or time period with low traffic volume) transmitted from the traffic volume judgment unit (not shown) and propose a change to the transport schedule to the user in accordance with the period.

[0039] An information adding unit (not shown) adds information (e.g., a tag) to the transportation record recorded (registered) in the transportation record storage unit (not shown). When extracting one piece of transportation record data from a plurality of pieces of transportation record data stored in the transportation record storage unit (not shown), the required transportation record data can be easily extracted by using the added information (e.g., a tag).

[0040] The calculation method designation unit (not shown) designates a calculation method for greenhouse gas emissions along a transportation route. The calculation method designation unit accepts the designation of the calculation method for greenhouse gas emissions along a transportation route from the user terminal 1, and registers the designation in a calculation method designation information storage unit (not shown) in association with the transportation route.

[0041] Next, another embodiment of the information processing system of this embodiment will be described. As a background, there is concern that upper limit regulations will be applied to overtime work of truck drivers, and that the shortening of the working hours of truck drivers will lead to a shortage of transportation capacity and the inability to transport goods (the so-called 2024 problem in logistics). In addition, in the logistics industry, truck drivers are often forced to work long hours. In order to solve such problems, the working time management server 2 of the information processing system of this embodiment further includes a working time calculation unit (not shown) and a driver working time display unit (not shown).

[0042] The on-duty time calculation unit (not shown) calculates the on-duty time of the person operating the moving object based on the transportation time stored in the transportation record storage unit (not shown). When the type of the moving object is a freight vehicle, the on-duty time may be the time from when the driver of a small truck, medium truck, or large truck starts driving the freight vehicle to when he / she finishes driving the freight vehicle, or the time from when he / she starts loading the cargo to when he / she finishes unloading the cargo.

[0043] The driver restraint time display unit (not shown) displays the restraint time of the person operating the mobile object calculated by the restraint time calculation unit (not shown). When the type of mobile object is a freight vehicle, the time that the driver of the small, medium or large truck is restrained from the first point (start point) to the second point (arrival point) is displayed on the information processing system. An example of the display is a method of displaying a dashboard on the top page of the information processing system. By displaying the restraint time of the person operating the mobile object, the restraint time of the driver of the small, medium or large truck can be visualized and managed.

[0044] <Operation> FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an operation 1 of the management server 2. As shown in FIG.

[0045] The user terminal 1 identifies the location of the user terminal 1 from a GPS signal or the like, and accepts an input of the amount of activity (and type identification information) from the user, and the management server 2 receives the location information and the amount of activity (and type identification information) from the user terminal 1 (S401). The management server 2 identifies base information (base information including the closest location information from the received location information, or base information corresponding to the user that includes the closest location information from the received location information) based on the received location information (S402), and registers the base ID and company ID included in the identified base information, and the activity amount information including the received amount of activity and type identification information in the activity amount storage unit 232 (S403). Note that the time information here may be time information in a predetermined unit including the current time (for example, it can be expressed by an arbitrary unit time such as one hour, one day, one week, one month, or one year). Alternatively, the user terminal 1 may accept an input of time information together with the amount of activity from the user and transmit it to the management server 2. The management server 2 identifies an emission coefficient corresponding to each registered activity amount information, and calculates an emission amount by multiplying the activity amount by the identified emission coefficient (S404). The management server 2 can aggregate and output (for example, transmit to the user terminal 1) the calculated emission amount for each base (S405).

[0046] In this manner, a base to be inputted can be specified according to the user's location, and the amount of activity designated by the base can be easily input.

[0047] In addition, the satellite data can be used to analyze the past and future surface conditions at each base in a time series. The base in this example may be, for example, a place where greenhouse gas emitting activities are performed, such as a business office or a factory, or may be a predetermined area where an entity that performs activities that emit greenhouse gases exists, including one or more business offices or factories. The predetermined area is preferably an area of ​​a predetermined area. The satellite data is image data taken from a GPS satellite. The satellite data is image data of the base of the entity that emits greenhouse gases, and is image data showing an area of ​​a predetermined area. The satellite data is acquired by the acquisition unit 215. The image data to be analyzed is the first satellite data acquired at a first point in time (e.g., one year ago) and the second satellite data acquired at a second point in time (e.g., the present), and these are compared and analyzed. The first satellite data and the second satellite data are image data showing an area of ​​the same area (the same base). The analysis is performed by the analysis unit 216. The analysis is performed by comparing the green space area and the forest area in the image data. By analyzing satellite data in this way, it is possible to analyze time-series changes in land use, such as the reduction in green spaces and forests. Furthermore, by analyzing satellite data, it is possible to estimate and register the amount of activity at a base. Through such analysis, the amount of activity at a base can be easily registered. Registration is performed by the registration unit 213. Furthermore, through this analysis, it is possible to analyze biodiversity risks, etc., which is particularly effective when identifying materiality.

[0048] FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an operation 2 of the management server 2. As shown in FIG.

[0049] The management server 2 acquires satellite data of the base of the greenhouse gas emitter (S501). Next, the management server 2 analyzes the satellite data in a time series (S502). Next, the management server 2 registers the activity amount at the base in the registration unit based on the analysis result (S503). Next, the operation 1 may be executed, or the following configuration may be performed. The management server 2 identifies the position of the base from the satellite data, and stores the position information of the identified base in the base information storage unit. The management server 2 accepts input of the position information of the base and the activity amount by the emitter in the activity amount input unit. The management server 2 refers to the base information storage unit, and identifies the base based on the position information by the base identification unit. The management server 2 registers the activity amount at the base in the activity amount storage unit based on the analysis result. Also, the management server 2 registers the input activity amount in the activity amount storage unit in association with the identified base.

[0050] 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.

[0051] For example, in the present embodiment, the input of the amount of activity is accepted from the user. However, in cases where the emission coefficient may vary for each base, the input of the emission coefficient may be accepted, the base to be input may be identified according to the location information of the user terminal 1, and the emission coefficient of the identified base may be registered.

[0052] FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an operation 3 of the management server 2. As shown in FIG.

[0053] The management server 2 registers (stores) a plurality of transport routes from a departure point to an arrival point in the transport route storage unit (S1001). Next, the management server 2 judges the traffic volume of the transport route (S1002). Here, an example is shown in which it is judged whether or not it is the first judgment result (S1003). The first judgment result is exemplified as a result of a large or small traffic volume, but it may be another judgment result. If the judgment result of the traffic volume judgment unit is the first judgment result (YES in S1003), the management server 2 selects the first transport route from among the plurality of transport routes (S1004). On the other hand, if the management server 2 judges that the judgment result of the traffic volume judgment unit is not the first judgment result (NO in S1003), for example, if the second judgment result is a time period with low traffic volume, it selects the second transport route from among the plurality of transport routes (S1005). Note that there are other judgment results, and in that case, a transport route based on the judgment result is selected. Next, the management server 2 shares the selected one transport route among users of the information processing system (S1006). Sharing includes making the route visible to users of the information processing system via the user terminal 1 connected to the information processing system.

[0054] <Disclosures> The present disclosure also includes the following configurations. [Item 1] An information processing system comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires satellite data of a base of a greenhouse gas emitter, an analysis unit that analyzes the satellite data in time series, and a registration unit that registers an amount of activity at the base based on an analysis result. Item 1 may be as follows. An information processing system comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires satellite data of a base of a greenhouse gas emitter, an analysis unit that analyzes the satellite data in time series, a base information storage unit that stores position information that identifies a position of the base, an activity amount input unit that accepts input of the position information of the base and an activity amount by the emitter, a base identification unit that refers to the base information storage unit and identifies the base based on the position information, and a registration unit that registers an amount of activity at the base based on an analysis result, and registers the input activity amount in the activity amount storage unit in association with the identified base. [Item 2] An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer, comprising the steps of acquiring satellite data of a base that is a greenhouse gas emitter, analyzing the satellite data in a time series manner, and registering activity levels at the base based on the analysis results. [Item 3] A program for causing a computer to execute the steps of acquiring satellite data of greenhouse gas emitter sites, analyzing the satellite data in a time series manner, and registering activity levels at the sites based on the analysis results. [Item 4] an activity amount storage unit that stores an amount of activity by the emitter for each of the greenhouse gas emitters; an activity amount input unit that receives input of location information of the mobile device and the activity amount from a user's mobile device; a base identification unit that refers to the base information storage unit and identifies the base based on the location information; and a registration unit that registers the input activity amount in the activity amount storage unit in association with the identified base. [Item 5] 5. An information processing system according to claim 4, comprising: an emission coefficient storage unit that stores an emission coefficient for calculating the greenhouse gas emission amount; an emission calculation unit that calculates the emission amount by multiplying the activity amount stored in the activity amount storage unit by the emission coefficient; and an emission storage unit that stores the emission amount for each of the bases. [Item 6] Item 4 is an information processing system comprising: a user base storage unit that stores information indicating the base in association with the user; and the base identification unit refers to the user base storage unit and the base information storage unit to identify the base corresponding to the user. [Item 7] An information processing method characterized in that a computer executes the steps of: storing information identifying a location of each base of a greenhouse gas emitter in a base information storage unit; storing an amount of activity by the emitter for each base in an activity amount storage unit; accepting input of location information of the mobile device and the amount of activity from a user's mobile device; referring to the base information storage unit and identifying the base based on the location information; and registering the input amount of activity in the activity amount storage unit in association with the identified base. [Item 8] A program for causing a computer to execute the steps of: storing information identifying the location of each base of a greenhouse gas emitter in a base information storage unit; storing an amount of activity by the emitter for each base in an activity amount storage unit; accepting input of location information of the mobile device and the amount of activity from a user's mobile device; referring to the base information storage unit and identifying the base based on the location information; and registering the input amount of activity in the activity amount storage unit in association with the identified base. [Item 9] An information processing system comprising: a transport route storage unit that stores a plurality of transport routes from a first point to a second point; a traffic volume determination unit that determines a traffic volume of the transport route; a transport route selection unit that selects one of the plurality of transport routes based on a determination result of the traffic volume determination unit; and a transport route sharing unit that shares the plurality of transport routes stored in the transport route storage unit and / or the one transport route selected by the transport route selection unit among users. [Item 10] Item 10. An information processing system according to item 9, wherein the traffic volume determination unit determines the transportation route with the least traffic volume from among the plurality of transportation routes. [Item 11] Item 10. An information processing system according to item 9, wherein the traffic volume determination unit determines a time period with the least traffic volume on a specific transportation route among the multiple transportation routes. [Item 12] Item 10. An information processing system according to item 9, comprising: a transportation schedule change proposal unit that proposes changes to the transportation schedule based on the judgment result of the traffic volume judgment unit. [Item 13] Item 9. An information processing system according to item 9, comprising: a transportation record storage unit that stores transportation records for the plurality of transportation routes; an information addition unit that adds predetermined information to the transportation record; a calculation method designation unit that designates a calculation method for greenhouse gas emissions for the transportation route; an emission calculation unit that calculates the greenhouse gas emissions based on the transportation record stored in the transportation record storage unit and the calculation method designated by the calculation method designation unit; and an emission output unit that outputs greenhouse gas emissions corresponding to the transportation record extracted based on the additional information. [Item 14] Item 13. An information processing system according to item 13, comprising: a constraint time calculation unit that calculates the constraint time of a driver of a transport vehicle based on the transport record for a specified transport route stored in the transport record storage unit; and a constraint time display unit that displays the constraint time of the driver corresponding to the transport record extracted based on the additional information. [Item 15] An information processing method characterized in that a computer executes the steps of: storing a plurality of transport routes from a first point to a second point; judging traffic volume of the transport routes; selecting one of the plurality of transport routes based on a judgment result of the traffic volume judgment unit; and sharing, among users, the plurality of transport routes stored in the transport route storage unit and / or the one of the transport routes selected by the transport route selection unit. [Item 16] A program for causing a computer to execute the steps of: storing a plurality of transport routes from a first point to a second point; judging traffic volume of the transport routes; selecting one of the plurality of transport routes based on a judgment result of the traffic volume judgment unit; and sharing, among users, the plurality of transport routes stored in the transport route storage unit and / or the one of the transport routes selected by the transport route selection unit.

[0055] <<Goal setting function>> Next, a target setting function as another function installed in the information processing system of this embodiment will be described. In addition to the above-mentioned software configuration example, the management server 2 further includes a storage unit (emission coefficient storage unit, emission storage unit, solution storage unit), a calculation unit (emission calculation unit, unit reduction amount calculation unit, target emission calculation unit), an input unit, and an output unit.

[0056] The emission coefficient storage unit constituting the storage unit 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 that provide the same type of product or service). The emission coefficient storage unit can store emission coefficients in association with the type of activity. The emission coefficient storage unit can store emission coefficients in association with information identifying the business entity (entrepreneurship ID) and information indicating the type of activity (type-specific information).

[0057] The emission amount storage unit constituting the storage unit stores the greenhouse gas emissions by the business entity. The emission amount storage unit 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 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 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.

[0058] The solution storage unit constituting the storage unit stores information (referred to as solution information) on 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 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 percentage of emissions, or an emission coefficient to be multiplied by the amount of activity.

[0059] The emission calculation unit constituting the calculation unit can calculate the emission amount of the business entity (or at least any one of the first to fourth emissions). The emission calculation unit can, for example, accept an input of an activity amount, acquire an emission coefficient corresponding to the type of activity amount from an emission coefficient storage unit, 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 may be configured to accept an input of an emission amount calculated externally.

[0060] The input unit accepts input of the business entity's emission reduction target percentage, base point in time, and target point in time. The base point in time and the target point in time are, for example, a year (fiscal year). A goal can be set to achieve at the target point in time a target emission amount that is reduced by the reduction target percentage based on the emission amount at the base point in time. The input unit can accept first to third reduction target percentages for each of the first to third emissions. The input unit can also accept a fourth reduction target percentage by category for the third emission amount.

[0061] The input unit also accepts input of the reduction target rate of the working hours and the working time of the person operating the mobile object, as well as the reference time and the target time. The reference time and the target time are, for example, a year (fiscal year). The target can be set to achieve, at the target time, a target working time that is reduced by the reduction target rate based on the working time at the reference time.

[0062] The input unit can accept the third reduction target ratio from the other business. The input unit can receive the third reduction target ratio, for example, from a user terminal operated by (an employee of) the other business. The input unit can transmit a message to the user terminal of the other business instructing the user to input the third reduction target ratio, and receive from the user terminal the third reduction target ratio input from the other business in response to the message.

[0063] The unit reduction amount calculation unit constituting the calculation unit calculates the amount of reduction in the amount of emission in a unit time (unit period). 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 acquires the amount of emission at a reference time from the emission amount storage unit, and multiplies the acquired emission amount by a reduction target rate to calculate the amount of reduction to be reduced from the reference time to the target time. The unit reduction amount calculation unit can calculate a target value (unit reduction amount) of the amount of reduction to be reduced per unit time (for example, one year) by dividing the calculated reduction amount by the number of unit times (for example, years) from the reference time to the target time. The unit reduction amount calculation unit can also calculate first to third unit reduction amounts for each of the first to third emission amounts. The unit reduction amount calculation unit can also calculate a fourth unit reduction amount by category for the third emission amount. Note that the unit reduction amount calculation unit is not limited to calculating the amount of reduction in greenhouse gas emission in a unit time (unit period), and may also calculate the time spent on duty or the working hours of a person operating a mobile object in a unit time (unit period).

[0064] The target emission calculation unit constituting the calculation unit calculates a target value of emission (referred to as target emission) per unit time (e.g., one year). The target emission calculation unit can calculate a target emission by subtracting a cumulative unit reduction amount from the emission at the reference time for each unit time from a reference time point. The target emission calculation unit can calculate a target emission (first to third target emission) per unit time for each of the first to third emission amounts. The target emission calculation unit can calculate a fourth target emission by category per unit time for the third emission amount. Note that the target emission calculation unit is not limited to calculating a target value of emission (referred to as target emission) per unit time (e.g., one year), but may also calculate a target value of the working hours or working hours (referred to as target working hours or target working hours) of a person operating a mobile object per unit time (e.g., one year).

[0065] The output unit can output the target emission amount for each unit time. The output unit 240 can output the target emission amount for each of the first to third emission amounts. The output unit 240 can output a fourth target emission amount by category for the third emission amount. Furthermore, the output unit is not limited to outputting the target emission amount for each unit time, and can also output a target commitment time and a target working time for each unit time.

[0066] The output unit can output the emission amount and the target emission force (total or the first to fourth emission amounts and the target emission force) in association with each other for a period in which the emission amount is registered. The output unit can output the emission amount and the target emission force in a graph format, for example. Furthermore, the output unit can output the obligation time or work time and the target obligation time or target work time in association with each other for a period in which the commitment time or work time of the person operating the mobile object is registered.

[0067] The output unit can also visualize the emissions (or reduction amount) after the solution is introduced. For example, the output unit 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, calculate the amount of emission reduction 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 can also output the simulated emission amount together with the emission amount and the target emission amount.

[0068] The output unit can also visualize the commitment time and work time of the person operating the mobile object after the solution is introduced. For example, the output unit 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, calculate the amount of reduction in the commitment time and work time of the person operating the mobile object based on the read out reduction information, calculate a value (simulated commitment time or simulated work time) obtained by subtracting the amount of reduction from the commitment time or work time of the person operating the mobile object, and output the simulated commitment time or simulated work time. The output unit can also output the simulated commitment time or simulated work time together with the commitment time or work time and the target commitment time or target work time.

[0069] <Operation> FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the process (operation 1) of outputting the target discharge amount.

[0070] 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 (S601). The management server 2 transmits a request for a reduction rate, with the base time point and target time point set, to the user terminal 1 of another business entity upstream and / or downstream in the supply chain (S602). 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 (S603). 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.

[0071] 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 (S604). For example, the management server 2 can read the emission amount at the base time point from the emission amount storage unit, 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 the other business entity may be different 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, multiplying the reduction rate accepted from the user terminal 1 of the company, and calculating 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, and multiplying 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.

[0072] 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 to the target point (S605), and calculates the target emission amount per unit time by subtracting the accumulated reduction amount from the emission amount at the base point (S605).

[0073] 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 the emission amount is registered in the emission amount storage unit (S606). The management server 2 can output only the target emission amount for a unit time (year) for which the 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.

[0074] The process of outputting the target emission amount described above (operation 1) may be applied to output the reduction target (target working time or target working time) of the working time or working time of the person operating the mobile object. In this case, S602 and S603 are eliminated from the processes from S601 to S606, and the processes of S601, S604, S605, and S606 are executed. In S601, the management server 2 accepts input of the base time, the target time, and the reduction rate from the user terminal 1 operated by the user of the company. In S604, the management server 2 calculates the reduction amount per unit time (e.g., year) from the base time to the target time. In S605, 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 time to the target time, and calculates the target working time or target working time per unit time by subtracting the accumulated reduction amount from the working time or working time at the base time. In S606, the management server 2 outputs the commitment time or work time and the target commitment time or target work time in association with each other for the unit time (year) for which the commitment time or work time is registered in the storage unit.

[0075] FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the process (operation 2) of outputting the amount of emission reduced by the solution.

[0076] The management server 2 accepts the designation of a solution (S701), reads out the reduction information corresponding to the accepted solution and the company's industry from the solution storage unit, 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 (S702). 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 (S703), 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 (S704). The management server 2 can output the emission amount and the target emission amount as well as the expected emission amount in association with each other for the unit time (year) for which the emission amount is registered in the emission amount storage unit (S705). The management server 2 can output the target emission amount and the expected emission amount in association with each other for the unit time (year) for which the emission amount is not registered. The management server 2 may output the expected reduction amount and emission amount (if registered) per unit time instead of the expected emission amount.

[0077] The calculation unit, input unit, and output unit of the management server 2 may be executed by a self-learning artificially intelligent system (mechanical system).

[0078] The process (operation 2) for outputting the amount of emissions reduced by the above-mentioned solution may be applied to output the working hours or working hours of the operator of the mobile object reduced by the solution as shown in Fig. 8. In this case, the management server 2 accepts the designation of the solution (S801), reads out the reduction information corresponding to the accepted solution and the company's industry from the solution storage unit, and calculates the reduction time expected by the introduction of the solution (expected reduction time) based on the read-out reduction information and the working hours or working hours at the reference time point (S802). The management server 2 calculates the expected reduction time per unit time by dividing the expected reduction time by the number of unit times (e.g., years) from the reference time point to the target time point (S803), and calculates the working hours or working hours (expected reduction time) expected by the introduction of the solution per unit time by subtracting the accumulated expected reduction time per unit time from the working hours or working hours at the reference time point (S804). For the unit time (year) for which the commitment time or working time is registered in the storage unit, the management server 2 outputs the commitment time or working time and the target commitment time or target working time in association with the expected reduction time (S805).

[0079] <Disclosures> The goal setting function also includes the following configuration: [Item A1 (P025)] 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 emissions corresponding to the base point in time from the emission memory unit, calculates a reduction amount by multiplying the acquired emissions 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 calculation unit that calculates a target emission amount for each unit time by subtracting a 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. [Item A2] An information processing system according to item A1, wherein the emission amount memory 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 other business entities located upstream or downstream in the supply chain of the business entity, the input unit accepts first to third reduction target rates for each of the first to third emissions, the unit reduction amount calculation unit calculates first to third unit reduction amounts for each of the first to third emissions, the target emission amount calculation unit calculates the target emission amount per unit time for each of the first to third emissions, and the output unit outputs the target emission amount for each of the first to third emissions. [Item A3] The information processing system described in item A2, wherein the emission memory unit stores a fourth emission amount by category for the third emission amount related to the other business operator, the input unit accepts the fourth reduction target rate by category for the third emission amount, the unit reduction amount calculation unit calculates the fourth unit reduction amount by category for the third emission amount, the target emission amount calculation unit calculates the fourth target emission amount by category for the third emission amount per unit time, and the output unit outputs the fourth target emission amount by category for the third emission amount. [Item A4] An information processing system according to item A2, wherein the input unit receives the third reduction target ratio from the other business operator. [Item A5] An information processing system according to item A4, wherein the input unit transmits a message to the other business operator instructing the other business operator to input the third reduction target ratio, and accepts the third reduction target ratio input from the other business operator in response to the message. [Item A6] An information processing system according to item A1, comprising: a solution storage unit that stores information for identifying a solution that realizes the reduction of the emissions and reduction information for calculating an amount of reduction in the emission power that can be reduced by the solution, wherein 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 amount of reduction in the emissions based on the read reduction information, and outputs a value obtained by subtracting the reduction amount from the emissions.

[0080] <<Goal setting suggestion function>> Next, although some of the embodiments of the goal setting function have been described above, an example of a configuration that can be further applied to the above-mentioned embodiments of the goal setting function will be described in detail below as an embodiment of the goal setting suggestion function. In the embodiment of the goal setting suggestion function, support is provided for formulating reduction targets for emissions, particularly those related to Scope 3 of the GHG Protocol. Scope 3 emissions are greenhouse gas emissions by business entities (hereinafter referred to as suppliers) that constitute the upstream and / or downstream of the supply chain related to the business entity that wishes to calculate emissions. An information processing system equipped with the goal setting suggestion function imports the reduction targets of suppliers and proposes them as candidates for the company's own reduction targets for Scope 3 emissions.

[0081] An example of the software configuration of the management server 2 in the target setting suggestion function will be described. The management server 2 includes a storage unit (emission amount storage unit, target storage unit), an acquisition unit (target acquisition unit), an estimation unit, and a calculation unit (reduction rate calculation unit).

[0082] The emission amount memory unit constituting the memory unit stores information for identifying greenhouse gas emissions for each supplier. In an embodiment of the target setting suggestion, the emission amount memory unit stores activity amount and emission intensity as information for identifying the emission amount, but the emission amount itself may also be stored. The emission amount memory unit can store a company ID indicating the supplier, time information, information for identifying an activity by the supplier (activity content), the activity amount and emission intensity related to the activity. The time information may be, for example, a year. The time information may also be the year / month, the year / month / day, etc.

[0083] The emission amount storage unit can further store information for identifying the direct and indirect emissions (emissions related to Scope 1 and 2) of the company. The emission amount storage unit may store the emission amount itself as information for identifying the emission amount related to Scope 1 and 2 of the company, or may store the activity amount and the emission coefficient.

[0084] The target memory unit constituting the memory unit stores a target reduction rate for each supplier. The target reduction rate is a target set by the supplier and is a ratio to the supplier's emissions in a base year. The target memory unit stores the base point in time, the target point in time, and the reduction rate in association with a company ID that identifies the supplier and an activity content that identifies the activity by the supplier. The base point in time and the target point in time may be specified by year, or may be specified by year / month, year / month / date, date, or the like, for example.

[0085] The target acquisition unit constituting the acquisition unit acquires a target reduction rate from a supplier. The target acquisition unit can, for example, transmit a request to a user of the supplier and receive the target reduction rate from the user terminal 1 of the supplier. The target acquisition unit may acquire the target reduction rate from a server on which the target reduction rate is managed, or may acquire the target reduction rate disclosed by the supplier from, for example, the supplier's web page or a newspaper's web page. The target acquisition unit can acquire the activity content, base year, target year, and reduction rate. The target acquisition unit can register the acquired target reduction rate in the target storage unit.

[0086] The target acquisition unit can also acquire a reduction rate of a target related to the company's emission (company reduction rate). The target acquisition unit can receive the company reduction rate from the user terminal 1.

[0087] The estimation unit estimates future emissions for each supplier. The estimation unit can multiply the supplier's emissions at a base point in time (a value obtained by multiplying the amount of activity by the emissions intensity) by the target reduction rate to calculate the emissions at a target point in time.

[0088] The estimation unit can estimate future emissions for a supplier for which the target reduction rate could not be obtained by using the statistical value of the target reduction rate stored in the target storage unit as the target reduction rate of the supplier. For example, the estimation unit can use the average of the target reduction rates of all suppliers as the target reduction rate of the supplier for which the target reduction rate could not be obtained.

[0089] The reduction rate calculation unit, which is one of the calculation units, calculates the target reduction rate of emissions related to Scope 3. The reduction rate calculation unit can calculate the reduction rate (the ratio of the value obtained by subtracting the second total value from the first total value to the first total value) by comparing a first total value of future emissions estimated for each supplier with a second total value of emissions for each supplier at the base time. The reduction rate calculation unit can similarly calculate the reduction rate for each Scope 3 category.

[0090] The reduction rate calculation unit can also calculate the reduction rate (carbon footprint: CFP reduction rate) for the total of Scopes 1 to 3. The reduction rate calculation unit can calculate the future emissions (at the target point in time) for the company based on the company's emissions and the company's reduction rate, calculate a first total value of the emissions for the company and its suppliers at the target point in time and a second total value of the emissions for the company and its suppliers at the base point in time, and calculate the ratio of the difference between the first and second total values ​​to the second total value as the reduction rate for Scopes 1 to 3.

[0091] <Operation> FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the process (operation 3) of outputting a reduction target.

[0092] The management server 2 acquires a reduction target (reduction rate from a base point in time to a target point in time) from a supplier (S901). The management server 2 can, for example, send a request to the supplier's user and receive the reduction target from the user terminal 1 of the supplier's user. The management server 2 acquires the emission amount at the base point in time related to the supplier's activities from the emission storage unit, and calculates the reduction target amount up to the target point in time by multiplying the acquired emission amount by the reduction rate (S902). The management server 2 calculates the reduction target amount related to Scope 3 by adding up the reduction target amounts calculated for each supplier (S903). Note that, for a supplier for which the management server 2 was unable to acquire a reduction target, the management server 2 can calculate the reduction target amount using the statistics of the reduction targets (such as the average value of the reduction rate) of other suppliers in Scope 3 or other suppliers in the same category in Scope 3.

[0093] The management server 2 can calculate the total supplier emissions at the base point in time (i.e., the scope 3 emissions at the base point in time) and calculate the ratio of the scope 3 reduction target amount to the total value as the scope 3 target reduction rate (S904).

[0094] The management server 2 acquires the reduction targets of the company for scopes 1 and 2 (S905). The management server 2 can, for example, acquire the reduction target of the company and calculate the reduction target amount up to the target point in time by multiplying the company's emissions at the base point in time by the reduction rate. The reduction target of the company can be received from the user terminal 1 of the user of the company by sending a request to the user of the company, for example.

[0095] The management server 2 totals the reduction target amounts for scopes 1-3 (S907), calculates the total emissions related to scopes 1-3 at the base point in time from the emissions memory unit, and calculates the ratio of the total reduction target amounts for scopes 1-3 to the emissions from scopes 1-3 at the calculated base point in time as its own company's target reduction rate (S908).

[0096] The management server 2 can output the reduction target (target reduction rate) for Scope 3 and the reduction target (target reduction rate) for Scopes 1-3 (Carbon Footprint; CFP) (S909).

[0097] In this way, the information processing system with the target setting suggestion function can automatically calculate a company's Scope 3 reduction target and its carbon footprint reduction target based on the reduction targets collected from suppliers.

[0098] The calculation unit, acquisition unit, and estimation unit of the management server 2 may be executed by a self-learning artificially intelligent system (mechanical system).

[0099] <Disclosures> The goal setting suggestion function also includes the following configuration: [Item B1 (P032)] an information processing system comprising: a target acquisition unit that acquires target reduction rates of greenhouse gases from multiple business entities that are upstream or downstream in a supply chain; an emission memory unit that stores information identifying the greenhouse gas emissions of each of the business entities at a base point in time; an estimation unit that estimates future emissions for each of the business entities by multiplying the emissions by the target reduction rate; and a calculation unit that calculates the target reduction rate of emissions for all of the business entities by comparing a total value of the future emissions estimated for each of the business entities with a total value of the emissions for each of the business entities at the base point in time. [Item B2] An information processing system according to item B1, wherein the emission amount memory unit further stores information identifying the first emission amount by the business entity, as well as information identifying direct and indirect second emission amounts by the company; the target acquisition unit acquires a company reduction rate related to the second emission amount; and the calculation unit estimates the future third emission amount for the business entity, calculates a future fourth emission amount for the company based on the second emission amount and the company reduction rate, and calculates a target reduction rate for the company based on a value corresponding to the sum of the third and fourth emissions and a value corresponding to the sum of the first and second emissions. [Item B3] The information processing system according to item B1, further comprising a target storage unit that stores the target reduction rate for each of the business entities, and the estimation unit estimates the future emissions for a business entity for which the target reduction rate could not be obtained, using a statistical value of the target reduction rate stored in the target storage unit as the target reduction rate for that business entity. [Explanation of symbols]

[0100] 1 User terminal 2 Management Server

Claims

1. a transportation route storage unit that stores a plurality of transportation routes from a first point to a second point; A traffic volume determination unit that determines a traffic volume on the transportation route; a transport route selection unit that selects one of the plurality of transport routes based on a result of the determination by the traffic volume determination unit; a transport route sharing unit that shares the plurality of transport routes stored in the transport route storage unit and / or the one transport route selected by the transport route selection unit among users; An information processing system comprising:

2. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, the traffic volume determination unit determines a transportation route with the least traffic volume from among the plurality of transportation routes; An information processing system comprising:

3. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, the traffic volume determination unit determines a time period during which traffic volume is the lowest on a specific transportation route among the plurality of transportation routes; An information processing system comprising:

4. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, a transportation schedule change suggestion unit that suggests a change to the transportation schedule based on a result of the judgment by the traffic volume judgment unit; An information processing system comprising:

5. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, A transportation record storage unit that stores transportation records for the plurality of transportation routes; an information adding unit that adds predetermined information to the transportation record; a calculation method designation unit that designates a calculation method for the greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation route; an emission calculation unit that calculates the greenhouse gas emission amount based on the transportation record stored in the transportation record storage unit and the calculation method designated by the calculation method designation unit; an emission output unit that outputs a greenhouse gas emission amount corresponding to the transportation performance extracted based on the additional information; An information processing system comprising:

6. 6. The information processing system according to claim 5, a restraint time calculation unit that calculates a restraint time of a driver of a transport vehicle based on the transport record for a predetermined transport route stored in the transport record storage unit; a work-load time display unit that displays a work-load time of the driver corresponding to the transportation record extracted based on the additional information; An information processing system comprising:

7. Storing a plurality of transportation routes from a first point to a second point in a transportation route storage unit; determining traffic volume on the transportation route; selecting one of the plurality of transportation routes based on a result of the determination of the traffic volume of the transportation route; A step of sharing the plurality of transport routes stored in the transport route storage unit and / or the one transport route selected in the step of selecting the one transport route among users; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer.

8. Storing a plurality of transportation routes from a first point to a second point in a transportation route storage unit; determining traffic volume on the transportation route; selecting one of the plurality of transportation routes based on a result of the determination of the traffic volume of the transportation route; A step of sharing the plurality of transport routes stored in the transport route storage unit and / or the one transport route selected in the step of selecting the one transport route among users; A program for causing a computer to execute the following.

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