Environmental value reporting system and facility environmental value reporting device

Abstract

To provide a technique for conducting data collection of environmental values of facilities, evaluation of credibility of the data, and reporting in a consistent manner.SOLUTION: An environmental value reporting system includes: a prescribed facility information collection device provided at a prescribed facility to be lent; and a facility environmental value reporting device which is communicably connected to the facility information collection device. The facility environmental value reporting device includes: an external information acquisition section for acquiring data specifying an environmental value of a facility, and credibility data, from the facility information collection device; and an environmental value reporting section for generating a report of a prescribed environmental value by evaluating the acquired data specifying an environmental value, and the credibility data, for each organization of a lending destination of the facility information collection device. The facility information collection device includes: an environmental value collection section for collecting and transmitting data specifying an environmental value from a facility; and a data credibility collection section for generating and transmitting credibility data of the collected data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an environmental value reporting system and a facility environmental value reporting device. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, with the growing momentum to realize a sustainable society, attention has been focused on the implementation of Environment Social Governance (ESG) projects, such as sustainability-linked loans or green bonds, that aim to improve ESG, and on sustainable finance as a means of fundraising. In investment projects that aim to improve sustainability, such as ESG improvements, the business that receives the investment is obligated to report to the investor or borrower the effect of the project on the evaluation targets such as the environment and society in concrete numerical values.

[0003] However, a form of deceptive environmental claim known as greenwashing, in which companies gain favorable investments by only appearing to be environmentally conscious, has become a social problem. As a result, such reporting now often requires verification of legitimacy by an independent third party, a so-called audit certificate.

[0004] A technology for providing safety of investments by publishing accounting information with audit certification is disclosed in Patent Document 1.

[0005] Patent document 1 describes a method of receiving certificate issuance request information requesting the issuance of an audit certificate, sending the received certificate issuance request information to an audit system, receiving audit result information regarding the audit results from the audit system, and when inquiry information is received from an external public server for disclosing information via a network, sending the received audit result information, or if the audit result information has not yet been received, information to that effect, to the external public server. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] JP 2008-135074 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] However, with the technology described in Patent Document 1, auditing and certifying each sustainable finance project requires a lot of man-hours. Therefore, in order to popularize this technology to many companies, a considerable number of auditors would be required, resulting in cases where the technology cannot be handled. For example, there are cases where environmental values ​​that are not accurate because they are not in line with the actual situation are reported, and even cases where environmental values ​​that have been intentionally falsified are reported. The object of the present invention is to provide a technology that can consistently collect data on the environmental value of facilities, evaluate the reliability of the data, and report the data. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] The present application includes a plurality of means for solving at least a part of the above-mentioned problems, examples of which are as follows: An environmental value reporting system according to one aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is an environmental value reporting system comprising a specified equipment information collecting device provided in a specified equipment to be rented, and an equipment environmental value reporting device communicably connected to the equipment information collecting device, wherein the equipment environmental value reporting device comprises an external information acquiring unit that acquires data identifying the environmental value of the equipment and reliability data of the collected data from the equipment information collecting device, and an environmental value reporting unit that evaluates the acquired data identifying the environmental value and the reliability data of the collected data for each organization to which the equipment information collecting device is rented, and generates a report of a specified environmental value, and the equipment information collecting device comprises an environmental value collecting unit that collects data identifying the environmental value from the equipment and transmits it to the equipment environmental value reporting device, and a data reliability collecting unit that generates reliability data of the collected data and transmits it to the equipment environmental value reporting device. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technology that can consistently collect data on the environmental value of facilities, evaluate the reliability of the data, and provide a report. Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will become apparent from the following description of the embodiment of the invention. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an environmental value reporting system. [Diagram 2] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow of facility environment value assessment processing. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of customer data. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of leased equipment data. [Diagram 5] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of environmental value data. [Figure 6] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of reliability data. [Figure 7] FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of reference data. [Figure 8] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow of an environmental value collection process. [Figure 9] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image of acquiring power consumption. [Figure 10] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an environmental value report. [Figure 11] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of an equipment environment value reporting device. [Figure 12] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a modified example of the configuration of the environmental value reporting system. [Figure 13] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow of preferential treatment rate determination processing. [Figure 14] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a modified example of the data structure of leased equipment data. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] First Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The examples are illustrative for explaining the present invention, and are omitted and simplified as appropriate for clarity of explanation. The present invention can be implemented in various other forms. Unless otherwise specified, each component may be singular or plural.

[0012] In order to facilitate understanding of the invention, the position, size, shape, range, etc. of each component shown in the drawings may not represent the actual position, size, shape, range, etc. Therefore, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the position, size, shape, range, etc. disclosed in the drawings.

[0013] As examples of various information, the various information may be described using expressions such as "table", "list", and "queue", but the various information may be expressed using data structures other than these. For example, various information such as "XX table", "XX list", and "XX queue" may be expressed as "XX information". When describing identification information, expressions such as "identification information", "identifier", "name", "ID", and "number" are used, but these are mutually interchangeable. Furthermore, in the embodiments, the identification information described using these expressions is represented using symbols, numbers, natural language, or a combination thereof, but the identification information may be in a form other than these.

[0014] When there are multiple components having the same or similar functions, they may be described by using the same reference numerals with different subscripts, or when there is no need to distinguish between these multiple components, the subscripts may be omitted.

[0015] In the embodiments, a process performed by executing a program may be described. Here, a computer executes the program using a processor (e.g., CPU, GPU), and performs the process defined by the program while using a storage resource (e.g., memory) and an interface device (e.g., communication port), etc. Therefore, the subject of the process performed by executing the program may be the processor. Similarly, the subject of the process performed by executing the program may be a controller, device, system, computer, or node having a processor. The subject of the process performed by executing the program may be a calculation unit, and may include a dedicated circuit that performs specific processing. Here, the dedicated circuit is, for example, an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device), etc.

[0016] The program may be installed in the computer from a program source. The program source may be, for example, a program distribution server or a computer-readable storage medium. When the program source is a program distribution server, the program distribution server may include a processor and a storage resource that stores the program to be distributed, and the processor of the program distribution server may distribute the program to be distributed to other computers. In addition, in the embodiment, two or more programs may be realized as one program, and one program may be realized as two or more programs.

[0017] Furthermore, although the present invention is typically realized by an information processing device, it may also be realized as a platform having the functions of the present invention.

[0018] The environmental value reporting system 1 is used in a lending business in which an owner provides equipment owned by the owner for use by a user who is the same as or different from the owner, which is called by various names such as leasing, rental, subscription, sharing, etc. Such equipment is typically lent under a lease contract, so in this embodiment, a lease contract is used as an example. However, the system is not limited to a lease contract, and may be applied to various contracts that are considered to be the same or similar to lending, such as rental, subscription, sharing, etc.

[0019] In addition, since the equipment to be rented is often at least one of industrial equipment, electronic equipment, and transport equipment, this embodiment will use industrial equipment as an example, but is not limited to these, and may be applied to various contracts that are considered to be the same or similar to rental, such as cloud services and hosting services.

[0020] Also, for convenience, the owner who rents out the equipment will be referred to as the leasing company, and the user who receives the equipment will be referred to as the user. In this embodiment, the sources of investment and financing by the leasing company include various routes and means, and are typically referred to as ESG (Environment Social Governance) investment. However, this is not limited to this, and it may be any investment in a business that places special importance on the environment, such as sustainable finance or ESG finance. Also, ESG investment includes both cases where the leasing company applies for it as its own fundraising, and cases where the leasing company acts on behalf of the user's ESG investment.

[0021] In addition, the report on a specified environmental value generated by the environmental value reporting system 1 may include various reports, and may be documents related to environmental value that the leasing company that has received the investment or loan may disclose to an external review organization, which certifies the validity of the investment or loan.

[0022] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an environmental value reporting system. The environmental value reporting system 1 includes an equipment environmental value reporting device 1000.

[0023] For example, the facility environmental value reporting device 1000 is an information processing device including a storage unit 100 , a processing unit 200 , an external information acquisition unit 300 , an input unit 400 , a display unit 500 , and an environmental value reporting unit 600 .

[0024] The facility environment value reporting device 1000 also has a functional unit (not shown). Specifically, the facility environment value reporting device 1000 has a communication unit that communicates information with an external device. The communication unit is connected to the external device so as to be able to communicate with each other via a communication path such as a public network such as the Internet, a communication network using a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), a VPN (Virtual Private Network) in part or in whole, a mobile phone communication network, or a network that combines these. The network may be a wireless communication network such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark) or 5G (Generation).

[0025] The storage unit 100 includes customer data 110, leased facility data 120, environmental value data 130, reliability data 140, and reference data 150. The processing unit 200 includes an environmental value assessment unit 210 and a data reliability assessment unit 220.

[0026] The environmental value assessment unit 210 compiles and assesses the collected data specifying the environmental value for each organization to which the equipment is loaned. Specifically, the environmental value assessment unit 210 uses the collected data specifying the environmental value to assess the environmental value generated by the equipment, such as the amount of greenhouse gas reduction.

[0027] Here, greenhouse gases include various gases that are said to have a greenhouse effect, and representative examples include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), but are not limited to these, and do not necessarily have to include these, but may be any of them, or the greenhouse effect may be converted into that of any of the gases.

[0028] The data reliability evaluation unit 220 compiles and evaluates the reliability of the collected data for each organization to which the equipment is loaned. Specifically, the data reliability evaluation unit 220 evaluates the reliability of the environmental value generated by the equipment, such as the amount of greenhouse gas reduction, using the proportion of data obtained by the organization that was obtained by a method certified by an external review organization, or the proportion of the period during which the data was available, among the collected data specifying the environmental value.

[0029] The external information acquisition unit 300 acquires information from a plurality (N pieces) of facility information collection devices similar to information processing devices (PC: Personal Computer) such as a control panel provided for the leased facility 310. The facility information collection device includes an environmental value collection unit 320 and a data reliability collection unit 330 provided for each leased facility 310.

[0030] The external information acquisition unit 300 acquires data specifying the environmental value of the facility and reliability data of the collected data from the facility information collection device via the communication unit. The environmental value collection unit 320 collects data specifying the environmental value from the leased facility 310 and transmits it to the facility environmental value reporting device 1000. The data reliability collection unit 330 generates reliability data of the collected data and transmits it to the facility environmental value reporting device 1000.

[0031] The input unit 400 receives various inputs such as the leased facility 310 to be the subject of the environmental assessment, the customer, the time of assessment, the assessment items, etc. The display unit 500 displays the assessed environmental value, reliability, etc. on a display screen.

[0032] The environmental value reporting unit 600 generates a report on the environmental value and reliability of the target facility. Specifically, the environmental value reporting unit 600 evaluates the data identifying the environmental value acquired by the external information acquiring unit 300 and the reliability data of the collected data for each organization to which the facility information collecting device is loaned, and generates a report on a predetermined environmental value. The environmental value reporting unit 600 generates the report on environmental value mainly for facilities that have been certified by a third-party organization for the reliability of the collection method of the data identifying the environmental value.

[0033] In addition, the environmental value reporting unit 600 may evaluate the environmental value by performing either or both of an inventory analysis of each leased facility for environmental load items including at least greenhouse gases, and an impact assessment that evaluates the degree of impact on global environmental problems such as the greenhouse effect, impact on the ozone layer, acidification, and eutrophication of terrestrial systems.

[0034] [Explanation of Operation] Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow of the equipment environment value assessment processing. The equipment environment value assessment processing is started when the input unit 400 receives an instruction to execute the equipment environment value assessment processing from a user via an input device, for example.

[0035] First, the environmental value collection unit 320 acquires the leased equipment environmental value for the leased equipment 310 (step S01). Specifically, the environmental value collection unit 320 performs an environmental value collection process to acquire a record of the amount of greenhouse gas emissions during the use of the leased equipment 310. The details of the environmental value collection process will be described later.

[0036] Then, the data reliability collecting unit 330 acquires information supporting the reliability of the acquired leased equipment environmental value for the leased equipment 310 (step S02). Specifically, the data reliability collecting unit 330 acquires the presence or absence of the possibility of tampering as information indicating the reliability of the record of the amount of greenhouse gas emissions during the use of the leased equipment 310.

[0037] For example, if the data is not likely to have been tampered with, for example, if the data is obtained by an authenticated method, the data reliability collection unit 330 acquires an authenticated system ID as information indicating reliability. Alternatively, if the data is likely to have been tampered with, for example, if the data is not likely to have been obtained by an authenticated method but is obtained by manual input, or if no data is obtained and is missing, the data reliability collection unit 330 does not acquire an authenticated system ID as information indicating reliability, but acquires a null value.

[0038] Then, the data reliability collecting unit 330 accumulates the environmental value and reliability information (step S03). Specifically, the data reliability collecting unit 330 integrates the leased equipment environmental value acquired in steps S01 and S02 and the information supporting the reliability of the acquired leased equipment environmental value over a predetermined time period, and accumulates the result as environmental value and reliability information for that time period.

[0039] Then, the data reliability collecting unit 330 transmits the environmental value / reliability information (step S04). Specifically, the data reliability collecting unit 330 transmits the environmental value / reliability information accumulated in step S03 to the equipment environmental value reporting device 1000.

[0040] Then, the environmental value assessment unit 210 assesses the environmental value (step S05). Specifically, the environmental value assessment unit 210 stores the received environmental value in the environmental value data 130. Then, the environmental value assessment unit 210 assesses the environmental value generated by the facility, such as the amount of greenhouse gas reduction, using the collected data specifying the environmental value.

[0041] When calculating the amount of greenhouse gas reduction, the environmental value assessment unit 210 needs to compare it with the amount of greenhouse gas generation that serves as the standard when using the previous leased equipment 310, so it refers to information corresponding to the product model number in the reference data 150 to obtain CO2 at manufacturing time 152 and CO2 at use time 153, and evaluates the amount of greenhouse gas reduction.

[0042] Then, the data reliability evaluation unit 220 compiles the reliability data of the collected data for each organization to which the leased facility 310 is leased, and evaluates the reliability (step S06). Specifically, the data reliability evaluation unit 220 stores the received reliability information in the reliability data 140. Then, the data reliability evaluation unit 220 evaluates the reliability of the environmental value generated by the facility, such as the amount of greenhouse gas reduction, using the proportion of data obtained by an authenticated method among the collected data specifying the environmental value for the organization, or the proportion of the period during which the data was available. At that time, the data reliability evaluation unit 220 determines whether the data was obtained by an authenticated method based on whether an authenticated system ID is assigned.

[0043] Then, the environmental value reporting unit 600 displays on the display unit 500 the results of evaluating the data specifying the environmental value and the reliability data of the collected data for each organization to which the equipment information collecting device is loaned (step S07).

[0044] Then, the environmental value reporting unit 600 generates report data of a predetermined environmental value using the results of evaluating the data specifying the environmental value and the reliability data of the collected data for each organization to which the equipment information collection device is loaned (step S08). The generated environmental value report includes at least the results of evaluating the environmental value and the reliability. A specific example of the environmental value report will be described later.

[0045] The above is an example of the processing flow of the facility environmental value assessment process. According to the facility environmental value assessment process, data collection of the facility environmental value, evaluation of the reliability of the data, and reporting can be performed in an integrated manner.

[0046] [Data Description] Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of customer data. Customer data 110 includes management information on the recipient of the leased equipment, i.e., the customer. Customer data 110 includes customer name 111, address 112, credit information 113, and leased equipment management number 114.

[0047] The customer name 111 includes the name or nickname, identifier, etc. of the customer to whom the leased equipment is to be leased. The address 112 includes information or a part of the address of the customer. The credit information 113 includes information specifying the source (e.g., URL: Uniform Resource Locator) of credit information obtained as a result of evaluating the financial situation of the customer. The leased equipment management number 114 includes information specifying the leased equipment 310 being leased.

[0048] 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of leased equipment data. The leased equipment data 120 includes information for managing the lease contract of the leased equipment 310. The leased equipment data 120 includes an equipment management number 121, a leased equipment name 122, a contract date 123, an expiration date 124, and a lease price 125.

[0049] The equipment management number 121 includes information that identifies the leased equipment 310 being loaned. The leased equipment name 122 includes the name of the leased equipment 310 being loaned. The contract date 123 includes information that identifies the start date of the loan period of the leased equipment 310. The expiration date 124 includes information that identifies the end date of the loan period of the leased equipment 310. The lease price 125 includes information that identifies the lease amount, which is the consideration for the loan.

[0050] 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of environmental value data. The environmental value data 130 includes information for managing the environmental value of the leased equipment 310. The environmental value data 130 includes an equipment management number 131, a product model number 132, a manufacturing CO2 133, and a usage CO2 134.

[0051] The equipment management number 131 includes information for identifying the leased equipment 310 being lent. The product model number 132 includes information for identifying the product model number of the leased equipment 310 being lent. The manufacturing CO2 133 includes the amount of carbon dioxide emissions (converted) during the manufacturing of the leased equipment 310 being lent. The use CO2 134 includes the amount of carbon dioxide emissions (converted) during the use of the leased equipment 310 being lent. The carbon dioxide emissions included in the use CO2 134 are totals for a specified period (for example, if required by investment or loan, the period, otherwise, for example, annually).

[0052] 6 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of reliability data. The reliability data 140 includes information that is the basis for the reliability of the environmental value of the leased facility 310. The reliability data 140 includes a facility management number 141, a data input method 142, a data acquisition granularity 143, data reliability 144, and a certified system ID 145.

[0053] The equipment management number 141 includes information for identifying the leased equipment 310 being lent. The data input method 142 includes information for identifying the method for inputting environmental value data (mainly, automatic acquisition by the system or manual input). The data acquisition granularity 143 includes information for identifying the frequency of acquiring environmental value data (mainly, the sampling frequency of measured values).

[0054] The data reliability 144 includes information for identifying whether the environmental value data was obtained by an authenticated method. The authenticated system ID 145 includes information for identifying an authenticated system ID which indicates that the environmental value data has been authenticated if it was obtained by an authenticated method.

[0055] 7 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of reference data. Reference data 150 includes information that serves as a specification and reference for the environmental value of leased equipment 310. Reference data 150 includes product model number 151, manufacturing CO2 152, usage CO2 153, and data input method 154.

[0056] Product model number 151 includes information specifying the product model number of leased equipment 310. Manufacturing CO2 152 includes the amount of carbon dioxide emission (converted) during manufacturing of leased equipment 310. Usage CO2 153 includes the amount of carbon dioxide emission (converted) during use of leased equipment 310. The carbon dioxide emission included in usage CO2 153 is the total amount for a specified period (e.g., yearly). Data input method 154 includes information specifying the input method, such as whether the information for manufacturing CO2 152 and usage CO2 153 is an actual value or a catalog value (specification) is entered.

[0057] [Control Panel Processing] Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the processing flow of the environmental value collection processing. The environmental value collection processing is performed in step S01 of the equipment environmental value assessment processing, successively in the control panel for the leased equipment 310, or is repeatedly performed multiple times at a predetermined cycle as a resident process.

[0058] First, the environmental value collection unit 320 acquires the power consumption of the leased equipment (step S011). In this process, the environmental value collection unit 320 calculates the power consumption based on the power measured by, for example, a voltmeter or ammeter attached to a predetermined position of the leased equipment 310. Alternatively, the environmental value collection unit 320 may estimate the power consumption from measurements of pressure, temperature, operating time, operating distance, etc.

[0059] Figure 9 shows an example of how power consumption is acquired. Power consumption is displayed as a graph that plots the power consumption generated for each date and time period. In other words, power consumption increases when business is active and decreases when business is not active.

[0060] Then, the environmental value collection unit 320 acquires the type of electricity used (step S012). For example, if the source of electricity used by the leased facility 310 differs depending on the time zone, the environmental value collection unit 320 selects the type of electricity, such as thermal power generation, nuclear power generation, solar power generation, or wind power generation, depending on the time zone.

[0061] Then, the environmental value collecting unit 320 acquires the basic unit of the electricity usage (step S013). Specifically, the environmental value collecting unit 320 identifies the basic unit that identifies the amount of greenhouse gas (converted into carbon dioxide) generated according to the type of electricity usage.

[0062] Then, the environmental value collection unit 320 calculates the amount of CO2 emissions from the leased equipment (step S014). Specifically, the environmental value collection unit 320 obtains the product of the power consumption acquired in step S011 and the basic unit of the power usage acquired in step S013, and sets the product as the amount of CO2 emissions from the leased equipment.

[0063] Then, the environmental value collecting unit 320 accumulates the CO2 emission amount (step S015). Specifically, the environmental value collecting unit 320 stores the CO2 emission amount of the leased equipment calculated in step S014 in a predetermined storage area, and accumulates it for a predetermined period (for example, one week).

[0064] The above is an example of the process flow of the environmental value collection process. According to the environmental value collection process, the CO2 emission amount can be accumulated based on the operation record of the leased facility 310.

[0065] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an environmental value report. An environmental value report is generated for each client (a lending organization). The environmental value report is submitted to an external review organization and used to evaluate the validity of ESG investments, etc. The environmental value report includes at least a comparison table 701 between the installed equipment according to the equipment management number and the comparison equipment in the reference data 150 with respect to CO2 emissions during manufacturing and use.

[0066] Furthermore, the environmental value report includes a chart that clearly indicates these amounts of CO2 emissions during manufacturing and during use using graphs 702 and 703, and allows the user to see at a glance how much the amount of CO2 emissions during manufacturing and during use has increased or decreased as a result of introducing the leased equipment. Furthermore, the environmental value report includes pie charts 704, 705, etc. that show the reliability of data on CO2 emissions evaluated for each introduced equipment and comparison equipment, separated by time of manufacturing and time of use.

[0067] In the example of Figure 10, the pie graph 704 of CO2 emissions during manufacturing of the leased equipment 310 shows that the data reliability is 3 / 3 = 1 x 100 = 100% for all of the leased equipment 310 with equipment management numbers "A10000001" to "A10000003", because there has been no manual input and an authenticated system ID has been assigned, and there have been no errors such as system shutdowns.

[0068] Furthermore, pie graph 705 of CO2 emissions during use of leased equipment 310 shows that all of the leased equipment 310 with equipment management numbers "A10000001" to "A10000003" have not been manually entered and have been assigned authenticated system IDs. However, if the system downtime reaches 10% of the planned operation time, the data reliability is shown as 100%-10%=90%.

[0069] [Explanation of Hardware Configuration] Fig. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the facility environment value reporting device. The facility environment value reporting device 1000 can be realized by a general information processing device 900 having a processor 901, a hardware memory 902 such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), a storage 903 such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD), a reading device 905 for reading information from a portable storage medium 904 such as a CD (Compact Disk) or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), an input device 906 such as a keyboard, mouse, barcode reader, or touch panel, an output device 907 such as a display, and a communication device 908 for communicating with other computers via a communication network such as a LAN or the Internet, or a network system having a plurality of such information processing devices 900. The reading device 905 may be capable of not only reading but also writing to the portable storage medium 904.

[0070] The processor 901 is, for example, a central processing unit (CPU) or a graphics processing unit (GPU). The processor 901 executes various processes by executing various predetermined programs loaded from the storage 903 to the memory 902. The programs are, for example, application programs that can be executed on an operating system (OS) program. The programs may be installed in the storage 903 from a portable storage medium 904 via a reading device 905, or may be downloaded from a network via a communication device 908 and executed by the processor 901.

[0071] For example, the processing unit 200, the environmental value assessment unit 210, the data reliability assessment unit 220, the external information acquisition unit 300, and the environmental value reporting unit 600 can be realized by loading a program stored in storage 903 into memory 902 and executing it on the processor 901.

[0072] The input unit 400 can be realized by the processor 901 using the input device 906 and the communication device 908. The display unit 500 can be realized by the processor 901 using the output device 907 and the communication device 908. The storage unit 100 can be realized by the processor 901 using the memory 902 or the storage 903. The communication unit can be realized by the processor 901 using the communication device 908.

[0073] The above is an example of an environmental value reporting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to the first embodiment, it is possible to consistently collect data on the environmental value of facilities, evaluate the reliability of the data, and report the data.

[0074] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and includes various modified examples. For example, the above-described embodiment has been described in detail to clearly explain the present invention, and is not necessarily limited to an embodiment having all of the configurations described. It is possible to replace a part of the configuration of the embodiment with another configuration, and it is also possible to add the configuration of another embodiment to the configuration of the embodiment. It is also possible to delete a part of the configuration of the embodiment.

[0075] For example, in the first embodiment described above, the facility environmental value reporting device is limited to processing the part of reporting environmental value, but it is also possible to consider processing the part of distributing funds procured by leasing companies from the investment and financing market, such as ESG investment, as preferential treatment in the lease fees paid by users who are the parties to whom the loans are made. Such a second embodiment will be described below. Note that the environmental value reporting system 1' according to the second embodiment is basically similar to the environmental value reporting system 1 according to the first embodiment described above, and the differences will be mainly described.

[0076] Second Embodiment 12 is a diagram showing a modified example of the configuration of an environmental value reporting system. The environmental value reporting system 1' according to the second embodiment differs from the environmental value reporting system 1 according to the first embodiment in that the processing unit 200 is provided with a credit evaluation receiving unit 230, a contribution evaluation unit 240, and an investment and loan amount acquisition unit 250, and is also provided with a preferential rate determination unit 800.

[0077] The credit evaluation receiving unit 230 receives a credit evaluation for each loan recipient organization, that is, for each user. The credit evaluation is a financial and accounting evaluation generally performed by financial institutions.

[0078] The contribution evaluation unit 240 evaluates the contribution of each of the loan recipient organizations to the environmental value for one or more investments. For example, the contribution evaluation unit 240 calculates the contribution as the ratio of the user to the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions reduced in one or more investments.

[0079] The investment and loan amount acquisition unit 250 receives an input of the amount of funds procured by the leasing company from the investment and loan market. In other words, the investment and loan amount acquisition unit 250 acquires the amount of investment and loan for businesses related to the borrower organization (user), particularly businesses that place importance on the environment.

[0080] The preferential treatment rate determination unit 800 determines the preferential treatment rate of the consideration for the lending of the leased equipment 310 according to either or both of the degree of contribution evaluated by the contribution degree evaluation unit 240 and the credit evaluation received by the credit evaluation receiving unit 230. Specifically, the preferential treatment rate determination unit 800 divides the funds received by the investment and loan amount acquisition unit 250 according to the degree of contribution, with the amount of the funds received as an upper limit, and sets an upper limit of the preferential amount of the lease fee for each user. Then, the preferential treatment rate determination unit 800 applies a part of the upper limit of the preferential amount of the lease fee for each user to the preferential amount of the lease fee for each user according to the credit evaluation of each user.

[0081] The preferential treatment rate determination unit 800 may provide preferential treatment to the user with the highest credit rating, for example, up to the upper limit of the preferential amount of the lease fee for each user. The preferential treatment rate determination unit 800 may also provide no preferential treatment to the user with the lowest credit rating, for example, regardless of the upper limit of the preferential amount of the lease fee for each user.

[0082] 13 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow of the preferential rate determination processing. The preferential rate determination processing may be performed at a predetermined timing, for example, at the timing of revision of the lease fee.

[0083] First, the preferential rate determination unit 800 integrates the environmental value data of one or more users to generate one or more reports for ESG investment (step S21). Specifically, the preferential rate determination unit 800 tally up the environmental value reports created in step S08 of the facility environmental value assessment process for one or more target ESG investments, and generates a report for ESG investment.

[0084] The leasing company then applies for investment and loan (step S22), and the investment and loan amount acquisition unit 250 accepts an input of the amount of funds procured by the leasing company from the investment and loan market (step S23).

[0085] Then, the contribution evaluation unit 240 evaluates the contribution of each user (step S24), and the credit evaluation receiving unit 230 receives the credit evaluation for each user (step S25).

[0086] Then, the preferential rate determination unit 800 determines the preferential lease rate for each user using the contribution degree and the credit evaluation (step S26). In this determination, as described above, the preferential rate determination unit 800 divides the funds received by the investment amount acquisition unit 250 according to the contribution degree, with the amount of the funds being the upper limit, and sets the upper limit of the preferential lease amount for each user.

[0087] Then, the preferential rate determination unit 800 applies the result of the determination of the preferential lease rate to the revision of the lease fee, and displays that the result has been applied (step S27).

[0088] The above is an example of the processing flow of the preferential treatment rate determination process. According to the preferential treatment rate determination process, the environmental value report system 1' can also handle the processing of the portion of the funds procured by the leasing company from the investment and financing market, such as ESG investment, that is, the preferential treatment of the lease fee paid by the user, who is the party to whom the loan is made.

[0089] 14 is a diagram showing a modified example of the data structure of the leased equipment data. The leased equipment data 120′ includes a credit risk 126, an ESG investment acquisition fund 127, and a preferential lease price 128.

[0090] The information (the inverse value) input as the credit information is stored in the credit risk 126. That is, when the credit evaluation is high, a low value is stored in the credit risk 126, and when the credit evaluation is low, a high value is stored in the credit risk 126.

[0091] The ESG investment acquisition fund 127 stores the total of the preferential lease fee for each user, which is set according to the contribution degree and credit evaluation.

[0092] The lease price after discount 128 stores the lease price to which a discount amount set for each leased facility 310 according to the discount amount of the lease fee for each user is applied. For example, for facility management number "A10000001," the lease price is "300,000 yen / month" when funds are not acquired through ESG investment, but when funds are acquired through ESG investment and a discount amount is set, the lease price is reduced to "290,000 yen / month."

[0093] The above is an example of an environmental value reporting system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. According to the second embodiment, not only can data collection of the environmental value of facilities, evaluation of the reliability of the data, and reporting be performed in an integrated manner, but also users can reduce the rental fee and leasing companies can present the reduction to users as an incentive, making it easier to build a win-win relationship.

[0094] The above-mentioned units, configurations, functions, processing units, etc. may be realized in part or in whole by hardware, for example by designing them as integrated circuits. Also, the above-mentioned units, configurations, functions, etc. may be realized in software by a processor interpreting and executing a program that realizes each function. Information such as the programs, tables, files, etc. that realize each function can be stored in a memory, a recording device such as a hard disk, or a recording medium such as an IC card, an SD card, or a DVD.

[0095] The control lines and information lines in the above-described embodiment are those considered necessary for the explanation, and do not necessarily show all the control lines and information lines in the product. In reality, it may be considered that almost all the components are connected to each other. The present invention has been described above with a focus on the embodiment. [Explanation of symbols]

[0096] 1: environmental value reporting system, 100: memory unit, 110: customer data, 120: leased equipment data, 130: environmental value data, 140: reliability data, 150: reference data, 200: processing unit, 210: environmental value assessment unit, 220: data reliability assessment unit, 300: external information acquisition unit, 310: leased equipment, 320: environmental value collection unit, 330: data reliability collection unit, 400: input unit, 500: display unit, 600: environmental value reporting unit, 1000: equipment environmental value reporting device.

Claims

1. An environmental value reporting system comprising a predetermined equipment information collecting device provided in a predetermined equipment to be rented, and an equipment environmental value reporting device communicably connected to the equipment information collecting device, The facility environmental value reporting device includes: an external information acquisition unit that acquires data specifying the environmental value of the facility and reliability data of the collected data from the facility information collection device; an environmental value reporting unit that evaluates the acquired data for identifying the environmental value and the reliability data of the collected data for each organization to which the facility information collection device is loaned, and generates a report on a predetermined environmental value; The facility information collection device includes: an environmental value collection unit that collects data specifying the environmental value from the facility and transmits the data to the facility environmental value reporting device; A data reliability collection unit that generates reliability data of the collected data and transmits the reliability data to the facility environmental value reporting device. The present invention relates to an environmental value reporting system.

2. The environmental value reporting system according to claim 1, the environmental value reporting unit generates a report of the environmental value for the facility that has been certified by a third-party organization for the reliability of a method for collecting data identifying the environmental value; The present invention relates to an environmental value reporting system.

3. The environmental value reporting system according to claim 1, a contribution evaluation unit that evaluates the contribution of the device to the environmental value for each of the recipient organizations; a preferential treatment rate determination unit that determines a preferential treatment rate of the consideration related to the rental of the equipment according to the degree of contribution; An environmental value reporting system comprising:

4. The environmental value reporting system according to claim 1, a credit evaluation receiving unit that receives a credit evaluation for each of the loan recipient organizations; a preferential treatment rate determination unit that determines a preferential treatment rate of the consideration related to the loan of the equipment in accordance with the credit evaluation; An environmental value reporting system comprising:

5. The environmental value reporting system according to claim 1, a contribution evaluation unit that evaluates the contribution of the device to the environmental value for each of the recipient organizations; a credit evaluation receiving unit that receives a credit evaluation for each of the loan recipient organizations; a preferential treatment rate determination unit that determines a preferential treatment rate of the consideration related to the rental of the equipment in accordance with the degree of contribution and the credit evaluation; An environmental value reporting system comprising:

6. The environmental value reporting system according to claim 1, an investment and loan amount acquisition unit that acquires investment and loan amounts for businesses related to the borrower organization, particularly businesses that place importance on the environment; a contribution evaluation unit that evaluates the contribution of the device to the environmental value for each of the recipient organizations; a credit evaluation receiving unit that receives a credit evaluation for each of the loan recipient organizations; a preferential treatment rate determination unit that uses the investment amount as a fund and determines a preferential treatment rate of the consideration for the loan of the equipment according to the degree of contribution and the credit evaluation; An environmental value reporting system comprising:

7. The environmental value reporting system according to claim 1, the environmental value reporting unit evaluates the environmental value by performing an inventory analysis of each facility including at least greenhouse gases and an impact assessment for evaluating the degree of impact on the earth; The present invention relates to an environmental value reporting system.

8. The environmental value reporting system according to claim 1, The facility includes at least one of industrial equipment, electronic equipment, and transportation equipment. The present invention relates to an environmental value reporting system.

9. an external information acquisition unit that acquires data specifying the environmental value of the facility and reliability data of the collected data from a specified facility information collection device provided in the specified facility to be rented; and an environmental value reporting unit that evaluates the acquired data for identifying the environmental value and the reliability data of the collected data for each organization to which the facility information collection device is loaned, and generates a report on a predetermined environmental value. An environmental value reporting device comprising:

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