Information processing system, information processing method, and program

Abstract

To allow for recognizing a business entity having primary data.SOLUTION: An information processing system comprises: a storage unit in which information specifying a supplier having primary data of an emission intensity for calculating an amount of emission of greenhouse gas out of suppliers providing products or services and the primary data of the emission intensity are stored; a supplier specifying unit which refers to the storage unit to specify the supplier having the primary data of the emission intensity; and a supplier providing unit which provides information specifying the specified supplier to a buyer which purchases a product or a service.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

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

[0002] Greenhouse gas emissions have been estimated (see Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2022-091900 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] When calculating greenhouse gas emissions, the formula used is activity amount (amount related to the scale of a business's activities) x emissions intensity (greenhouse gas emissions per activity amount). There are two types of emissions intensity: primary data, which is data collected by businesses on their own responsibility, and secondary data, which is data from industry average intensity databases or industry standards. Not all business entities calculate or collect primary data, so it is not clear which business entities have primary data.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and has an object to provide a technique that makes it possible to identify business entities that have primary data. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The main invention of the present invention for solving the above problem is an information processing system comprising: a memory unit that stores information identifying suppliers who provide goods or services and have primary data on emission intensity for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, and the primary data on the emission intensity; a supplier identification unit that refers to the memory unit to identify the suppliers who have the primary data on the emission intensity; and a supplier provision unit that provides information identifying the identified supplier to a buyer who purchases the goods or services.

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

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to identify business entities that have primary data. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an overall configuration of an information processing system. [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 illustrating the operation of the management server 2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] <System Overview> An information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The information processing system of this embodiment manages whether or not an entity (hereinafter referred to as a supplier) that provides a product (including a service; the same applies below) calculates or collects primary data, and enables an entity (hereinafter referred to as a buyer) that purchases the product to know which supplier has the primary data.

[0011] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system. The information processing system of this embodiment is configured to include a management server 2. The management server 2 is communicably connected to a user terminal 1 via a communication network 3. The communication network 3 is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed by a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication path, Ethernet (registered trademark), or the like.

[0012] The user terminal 1 is a computer operated by a user (buyer). The user terminal 1 may be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, or a personal computer.

[0013] 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.

[0014] <Management 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 device 2 described later 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.

[0015] 3 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the management server 2. The management server 2 includes a primary data storage unit 231, a supplier identification unit 211, a supplier providing unit 212, a reception unit 213, a search unit 214, and an emission amount calculation unit 215.

[0016] The primary data storage unit 231 stores information on primary data (hereinafter referred to as primary data information). The primary data information includes information identifying a supplier who has primary data on emission intensity for calculating greenhouse gas emissions among suppliers who provide products, information identifying the product provided by the supplier (for example, it may be a product number, model number, product name, etc.), and the emission intensity (primary data) for the product by the supplier. The product can also be referred to as a type of activity amount. The primary data information may include a product category. The product category may be a Scope 3 category in the GHG Protocol. The primary data information may include a product type. The product type may be a type of activity amount (information identifying an activity).

[0017] The supplier identification unit 211 identifies a supplier who has primary data by referring to the primary data storage unit 231. In this embodiment, since only the emission intensity units related to the suppliers who have primary data are registered in the primary data storage unit 231, the supplier identification unit 211 can obtain the primary data information related to the suppliers who have primary data by reading out the primary data information stored in the primary data storage unit 231.

[0018] The supplier providing unit 212 provides information for identifying the identified supplier to the buyer who purchases the product. The supplier providing unit 212 can provide information for identifying the searched supplier (e.g., the supplier's name, contact information, etc.). The supplier providing unit 212 can transmit, for example, primary data information to the user terminal 1. For example, a supplier information storage unit that stores information on the supplier (the supplier's name, the person in charge for each product provided by the supplier, contact information, etc.) may be provided, and the supplier providing unit 212 may read out the supplier information corresponding to the primary data information and transmit the supplier information together with the primary data information to the user terminal 1. The supplier providing unit 212 can display the corresponding emission intensity in order of the magnitude of the emission intensity together with the information for identifying the searched supplier.

[0019] The receiving unit 213 can receive a designation of a product category (emissions category) from the buyer. The receiving unit 213 can also receive a designation of a product type (type of activity amount) from the buyer. The receiving unit 213 can also receive a designation of an emission intensity from the buyer. The designated emission intensity can be, for example, an emission intensity (which may be primary data or secondary data) related to a product currently purchased by the buyer.

[0020] The search unit 214 searches for primary data information corresponding to the category of the received product from the primary data storage unit 231. The search unit 214 can also search for primary data information corresponding to the type of the received product from the primary data storage unit 231. The search unit 214 can also narrow down the search to primary data information with an emission intensity smaller than the emission intensity specified by the buyer.

[0021] The supplier providing unit 212 can provide the primary data information (at least information providing suppliers and emission intensity) searched by the search unit 214 to the user terminal 1.

[0022] The emission calculation unit 215 calculates the amount of greenhouse gas emission. The emission calculation unit 215 can receive an input of an activity amount and a type of the activity amount from a buyer, and can calculate an emission amount (first emission amount) by multiplying the received activity amount by an emission intensity factor corresponding to the type of the received activity amount. The emission intensity factor corresponding to the type of the activity amount may be secondary data. In this case, the management server 2 may be provided with a secondary data storage unit that stores a standard value of the emission intensity factor (secondary data) in association with the type of the activity amount. When primary data corresponding to the type of the activity amount is registered in the primary data storage unit 231, the emission calculation unit 215 can calculate an emission amount (second emission amount) by multiplying the received activity amount by the emission intensity factor of the primary data. The emission calculation unit 215 can output the second emission amount together with information identifying a supplier corresponding to the primary data. For example, the emission calculation unit 215 can transmit screen data for displaying the information identifying the supplier and the second emission amount to the user terminal 1, and perform output so as to cause the user terminal 1 to display a screen based on the screen data. The emission calculation unit 215 may output the first and second emission amounts, which allows the buyer to simulate the emission amount when a supplier is newly adopted or changed.

[0023] <Operation> FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the management server 2. As shown in FIG.

[0024] The management server 2 stores the emission intensity for the supplier for which the primary data is being calculated (S301). The management server 2 receives the designation of the category or type of product from the buyer (S302). The management server 2 searches the primary data storage unit 231 for primary data information corresponding to the received designation of the category or type of product (S303), sorts the search results in ascending order of emission intensity (S304), and transmits the sorted search results to the user terminal 1, so that the user terminal 1 can display information on the suppliers and the emission intensity for the products provided by the suppliers (S305).

[0025] As described above, according to the information processing system of this embodiment, the supplier who is calculating the primary data is provided to the buyer, so the buyer can know which supplier is calculating the primary data. This allows the buyer to consider purchasing products from the supplier who is calculating the primary data in order to improve the primary data ratio.

[0026] Furthermore, according to the information processing system of this embodiment, it is possible to search for suppliers who calculate primary data by category or type of product. Since the search results are displayed in order of emission intensity, a buyer can consider purchasing from a supplier with a low emission intensity as a measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to Scope 3, for example.

[0027] 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.

[0028] <Disclosures> The present disclosure also includes the following configurations. [Item 1] A storage unit that stores information for identifying a supplier that provides a product or service and has primary data on an emission intensity for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, and the primary data on the emission intensity; a supplier identification unit that refers to the storage unit and identifies the supplier that has the primary data of the emission intensity; a supplier providing unit that provides information that identifies the identified supplier to a buyer that purchases the product or service; An information processing system comprising: [Item 2] The information processing system according to item 1, The storage unit stores the category of the product or service, the information identifying the supplier, and the primary data of the emission intensity in association with each other; a reception unit for receiving a designation of the category from the buyer; a search unit that searches the storage unit for information identifying the supplier corresponding to the received category; Equipped with the supplier providing unit providing information for identifying the searched supplier; An information processing system comprising: [Item 3] Item 2. An information processing system according to the present invention, the supplier providing unit displays primary data of the corresponding emission intensity units together with information identifying the searched supplier in order of magnitude of the emission intensity units; An information processing system comprising: [Item 4] The information processing system according to item 1, The storage unit stores the type of the product or service, the information identifying the supplier, and the primary data of the emission intensity in association with each other; a reception unit for receiving a designation of the type from the buyer; a search unit that searches the storage unit for information that identifies the supplier corresponding to the received type; Equipped with the supplier providing unit providing information for identifying the searched supplier; An information processing system comprising: [Item 5] storing, in a storage unit, information for identifying a supplier that provides a product or service and has primary data on an emission intensity for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, and the primary data on the emission intensity; referring to the storage unit to identify the supplier having primary data of the emission intensity; providing information identifying the identified supplier to a buyer who purchases the goods or services; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 6] storing, in a storage unit, information for identifying a supplier that provides a product or service and has primary data on an emission intensity for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, and the primary data on the emission intensity; referring to the storage unit to identify the supplier having primary data of the emission intensity; providing information identifying the identified supplier to a buyer who purchases the goods or services; A program for causing a computer to execute the following. [Explanation of symbols]

[0029] 1 User terminal 2 Management Server

Claims

1. A storage unit that stores information for identifying a supplier that provides a product or service and has primary data on an emission intensity for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, and the primary data on the emission intensity; a supplier identification unit that refers to the storage unit and identifies the supplier that has the primary data of the emission intensity; a supplier providing unit that provides information that identifies the identified supplier to a buyer that purchases the product or service; An information processing system comprising:

2. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, The storage unit stores the category of the product or service, the information identifying the supplier, and the primary data of the emission intensity in association with each other; a reception unit for receiving a designation of the category from the buyer; a search unit that searches the storage unit for information identifying the supplier corresponding to the received category; Equipped with the supplier providing unit providing information for identifying the searched supplier; An information processing system comprising:

3. 3. The information processing system according to claim 2, the supplier providing unit displays primary data of the corresponding emission intensity units together with information identifying the searched supplier in order of magnitude of the emission intensity units; An information processing system comprising:

4. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, The storage unit stores the type of the product or service, the information identifying the supplier, and the primary data of the emission intensity in association with each other; a reception unit for receiving a designation of the type from the buyer; a search unit that searches the storage unit for information that identifies the supplier corresponding to the received type; Equipped with the supplier providing unit providing information for identifying the searched supplier; An information processing system comprising:

5. storing, in a storage unit, information identifying a supplier that provides a product or service and has primary data on an emission intensity for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, and the primary data on the emission intensity; referring to the storage unit to identify the supplier having primary data of the emission intensity; providing information identifying the identified supplier to a buyer who purchases the goods or services; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer.

6. storing, in a storage unit, information for identifying a supplier that provides a product or service and has primary data on an emission intensity for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, and the primary data on the emission intensity; referring to the storage unit to identify the supplier having primary data of the emission intensity; providing information identifying the identified supplier to a buyer who purchases the goods or services; A program for causing a computer to execute the following.

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