Environmental Management Analysis System and Environmental Management Analysis Program

Abstract

[Problem] To provide an environmental management analysis system and an environmental management analysis program with which it is possible to present information helpful in improving the environmental management of each business entity. [Solution] An environmental management analysis system 100 has an acquisition unit 345, an analysis unit 346, and a presentation unit 348. The acquisition unit 345 acquires the information of an organizational structure that relates to the environmental management of the business entity to be analyzed. The analysis unit 346 analyzes the degree of maturity of the business entity relating to environmental management, on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit 345. Proposal information for improving the environmental management of the business entity is presented in accordance with the degree of maturity obtained by the analysis unit 346.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an environmental management analysis system and an environmental management analysis program. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, companies have been required to maintain their operations while reducing the burden on the global environment caused by their business activities. Many companies are implementing environmental management, which aims to achieve sustainable business development in harmony with the global environment.

[0003] Companies that implement environmental management review and improve their management practices in consideration of changes in the global environment and the business environment. Generally, when formulating a strategy to improve environmental management, a company contracts with an external environmental consultant and has one-on-one discussions with the environmental consultant about identifying issues, planning improvement measures, implementing them, and verifying their effectiveness. At that time, a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is usually signed between the company and the environmental consultant, and the matters discussed become the company's know-how and are not disclosed to outside parties. As a result, the reality is that improvement examples from one company are difficult to spread to other companies.

[0004] Therefore, other companies that do not have the know-how to improve their environmental management cannot easily find improvement measures and must start by looking for environmental consultants. This takes time, which may lead to delays in responding to the company's issues. Furthermore, if there are many companies facing similar issues, rather than just one, the delay in responding may lead to the acceleration of environmental destruction on a global scale.

[0005] Furthermore, many companies have difficulty in understanding the status of environmental management practices at other companies, which makes it difficult for them to properly evaluate their own company's environmental management practices.

[0006] In this regard, the following Patent Document 1 discloses an environmental management evaluation method for evaluating the environmental management of business entities such as companies without the use of an environmental consultant. In this environmental management evaluation method, questionnaires for evaluating environmental management are compiled via a communication network, and the environmental management is evaluated using a computer, thereby improving the efficiency of obtaining evaluations. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0007] [Patent Document 1] JP 2006-133902 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0008] However, while the technology of Patent Document 1 is expected to enable rapid evaluation of the environmental management of each business entity, there is a problem in that it is not expected to lead to improvements in the environmental management of each business entity.

[0009] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and aims to provide an environmental management analysis system and an environmental management analysis program that can present information useful for improving the environmental management of each business entity. [Means for solving the problem]

[0010] The above object of the present invention can be achieved by the following means.

[0011] (1) An environmental management analysis system having a computer, the computer functions as an acquisition unit that acquires answers to a plurality of questions regarding the environmental management of an entity to be analyzed, an analysis unit that calculates the entity's maturity in environmental management based on the answers acquired by the acquisition unit and the weighting of each of the questions, and a presentation unit that presents proposal information for improving the entity's environmental management according to the level of maturity obtained by the analysis unit, the maturity being an index showing the maturity of environmental management and being expressed by a plurality of levels for each item. The suggested information is classified according to the level of maturity, and the presenting unit presents the suggested information suitable for leveling up according to the level of maturity. Environmental management analysis system.

[0012] (2) The maturity level obtained by the analysis unit Level by item The environmental management analysis system according to (1) above, further comprising an output unit for outputting.

[0013] (3) The Acquisition Department shall, with respect to the environmental management of the business entity, The system and Regarding efforts on global warming, resources, products, pollutants and biodiversity Answers to questions At least one of And, take Get it, The maturity level is expressed at multiple levels by regime and by warming, resources, products, and / or pollutants / biodiversity; 3. The environmental management analysis system according to claim 1 or 2.

[0014] (4) The environmental management analysis system according to any one of (1) to (3) above, wherein the presentation unit presents proposed information relating to methods for creating an organizational structure.

[0015] (5) The environmental management analysis system according to (4) above, wherein the presentation unit presents, as a method for establishing the organizational structure, proposal information on a method for reducing the labor hours of the organizational management of the business entity.

[0016] (6) The environmental management analysis system described in (3) above, wherein the presentation unit presents proposed information regarding the setting of quantitative targets for at least one of the efforts regarding global warming, resources, products, pollutants, and biodiversity in relation to the environmental management of the business entity. (7) A business analysis system according to any one of (1) to (6) above, wherein the analysis unit calculates a total score obtained by the business entity to be analyzed by adding up the points allocated as the weights of the question items corresponding to the business entity in accordance with the answers to the plurality of questions, and determines the level of maturity according to the total. (8) A storage device is further provided for storing a plurality of files, including documents, images, videos, and application programs, which are pre-classified according to the level of maturity; The business analysis system according to any one of (1) to (7) above, wherein the presentation unit presents, as the proposed information, a file suitable for raising the level of maturity of the business entity from the plurality of files stored in the storage device, in accordance with the level of maturity of the business entity. is the environmental management analysis system described in 2.

[0017] (9) A method for analyzing an environmental management system comprising: an acquisition step of acquiring answers to a plurality of questions regarding the environmental management of an entity to be analyzed; an analysis step of calculating the maturity of the entity regarding environmental management based on the answers acquired in the acquisition step and the weights of each of the questions; and a presentation step of presenting proposal information for improving the environmental management of the entity according to the level of maturity acquired in the analysis step, wherein the maturity is an index showing the maturity of environmental management and is expressed by a plurality of levels for each item. The suggested information is classified according to the level of maturity, and in the presenting step, the suggested information suitable for leveling up is presented according to the level of maturity. An environmental management analysis program for running processing on a computer. Effect of the Invention

[0018] According to the present invention, the environmental management analysis system analyzes the environmental management maturity of a business entity and presents proposal information for improving the business entity's environmental management according to the business entity's environmental management maturity. This allows the business entity to obtain the environmental management maturity and proposal information without the intervention of an environmental consultant. Therefore, the business entity can expect to improve its environmental management based on the environmental management maturity and proposal information. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0019] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an environmental management analysis system according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic hardware configuration of the server illustrated in FIG. 1. [Diagram 3] 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating main functions of the control device shown in FIG. 2. [Figure 4] 1 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of an environmental management analysis method according to an embodiment. [Diagram 5] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for acquiring information on environmental management of a business entity. [Figure 6]1 is a table showing an example of the allocation of points to each question item regarding environmental management. [Figure 7] 13 is a table illustrating an example of the correspondence between the total number of points obtained and the environmental management maturity level. [Figure 8] This is a schematic diagram conceptually showing the improvement of environmental management maturity level. [Figure 9] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a diagnosis result of environmental management maturity. [Figure 10] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for creating an organizational structure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0020] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same elements are given the same reference numerals, and duplicated explanations will be omitted. In addition, the dimensional ratios of the drawings are exaggerated for the convenience of explanation, and may differ from the actual ratios.

[0021] In this embodiment, the term "business entity" refers to, for example, any organization that conducts business, and the scale and business form of the organization may be arbitrary. For example, the business entity may be an organization such as a general company, a government agency, a local government, an NPO (Nonprofit Organization), or an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization). The business entity may also be a branch office or a branch office that is a subordinate organization of the above-mentioned organization, or a small organization on a departmental basis (department, section, etc.).

[0022] In this embodiment, "environmental management" refers to management in which a business entity develops its business sustainably while harmonizing with the global environment through environmental conservation activities. Here, environmental conservation activities include activities to reduce the environmental burden in the manufacturing and sales processes of products, enlightenment and education for employees and staff, and PR activities in the local community.

[0023] (Configuration of the Environmental Management Analysis System) Fig. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an environmental management analysis system of one embodiment, and Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic hardware configuration of a server 300 shown in Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 1, environmental management analysis system 100 has a plurality of PCs (Personal Computers) 200 and a server 300.

[0024] PC 200 is, for example, a personal computer or mobile terminal owned by each business entity, and has a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, etc. as input devices, and a display, speaker, etc. as output devices. PC 200 can also be connected to a printer. The input device is used to input information about the business entity's environmental management. The output device is used to output the results of an assessment of the environmental management maturity. As will be described later, environmental management maturity is an index that represents the maturity level of environmental management, and is expressed, for example, as a level from 1 to 5.

[0025] The PC 200 can access the server 300 via a communication network 110. The communication network 110 includes a local area network (LAN), the Internet, a wide area network (WAN), and the like.

[0026] The server 300 analyzes the environmental management of the business entity and, based on the analysis results, makes suggestions to the business entity for improving the environmental management. The server 300 also functions as a web server, creating and providing a web page accessible to the PC 200 of each business entity via the communication network 110. The server 300 is, for example, a computer such as a mainframe or a personal computer. Alternatively, the server 300 may be configured as a cloud server. As shown in FIG. 2, the server 300 has a communication device 310, an input device 320, an output device 330, and a control device 340.

[0027] The communication device 310 is a communication interface for communicating with an external device such as the PC 200. For communication, a network protocol such as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) may be used. The input device 320 has input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse, and the output device 330 has output devices such as a display and a speaker.

[0028] The control device 340 controls the communication device 310, the input device 320, and the output device 330. The control device 340 includes a CPU 341, an auxiliary storage device 342, a random access memory (RAM) 343, and a read only memory (ROM) 344.

[0029] The CPU 341 realizes various functions by executing the environmental management analysis program. The environmental management analysis program is stored in advance in the auxiliary storage device 342, and is loaded into the RAM 343 when executed by the CPU 341. The auxiliary storage device 342 has, for example, an SSD (Solid State Drive) or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). In addition to the environmental management analysis program, the auxiliary storage device 342 stores various software programs such as an OS (Operating System). The auxiliary storage device 342 also stores a plurality of files used to improve the environmental management of the business entity, as will be described later. The RAM 343 also stores the calculation results of the CPU 341. The ROM 344 ​​stores parameters used in programs such as the OS.

[0030] Fig. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating the main functions of the control device 340 shown in Fig. 2. In this embodiment, the CPU 341 executes an environmental management analysis program to function as an acquisition unit 345, an analysis unit 346, an output unit 347, and a presentation unit 348. These functional units will be described in detail below.

[0031] (Environmental Management Analysis Method) Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the processing procedure of the environmental management analysis method of this embodiment. The processing of the flowchart shown in Fig. 4 is realized by the CPU 341 executing the environmental management analysis program. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of acquiring information on the environmental management of a business entity, and Fig. 6 is a table illustrating the points allocated to each question item on environmental management. Fig. 7 is a table illustrating the correspondence between the total points acquired and the environmental management maturity level. Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram conceptually showing an improvement in the level of environmental management maturity, and Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the results of an assessment of the environmental management maturity level. Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of creating an organizational structure.

[0032] As shown in Fig. 4, first, the acquisition unit 345 acquires information on the organizational structure related to the environmental management of the business entity to be analyzed (step S101). A user (person in charge) of the business entity inputs information related to environmental management into the PC 200. The input information is transmitted to the server 300 via the communication device 310. The organizational structure is the organizational structure related to the environmental management of the business entity, and includes information on, for example, the executive structure of executive officers related to environmental management, whether or not an environmental committee has been established, the location of the environmental management department within the head office organization and the number of its personnel, the location of the environmental management department within the organization of branch offices, group companies, and affiliated companies and the number of its personnel, etc.

[0033] In addition, in this embodiment, the acquisition unit 345 can further acquire information on the business entity's environmental measures (at least one of "global warming," "resources," "products," "pollutants," and "biodiversity") in addition to information on the business entity's organizational structure as information on environmental management.

[0034] Among these, "global warming" is information related to the business entity's efforts to combat global warming in its environmental management, and may include, for example, whether or not there is a quantitative reduction target for the CO2 emitted by the business entity. "Resources" is information related to resource conservation measures in its environmental management, and may include, for example, whether or not there is a quantitative reduction target for the resources used by the business entity. "Products" is information related to the business entity's environmental load measures, in particular the load on the global environment caused by the production of products (directly or indirectly carried out by the business entity), the reduction of power consumption during use of the produced products, and may include, for example, whether or not there is a target for creating products with reduced environmental load. "Pollutants" is information related to pollution countermeasures in its environmental management, and may include, for example, whether or not there is a quantitative reduction target for the pollutants emitted by the business entity. "Biodiversity" is information related to the business entity's efforts to conserve ecosystems in its environmental management, and may include, for example, whether or not there is a quantitative reduction target for the efforts to conserve biodiversity.

[0035] As shown in FIG. 5, for example, the acquisition unit 345 displays a web page 401 of a "survey on environmental management" on the display of the PC 200. For example, a web API provided by the server 300 is used as this interface. The "survey on environmental management" is a survey consisting of a number of questions on, for example, organizational structure and environmental measures (hereinafter simply referred to as the "survey"). The survey shown in FIG. 5 is a representative example of questions on environmental management. Users of each business entity enter information about their company's environmental management by checking 402 the relevant item in the survey and pressing a completion button 403. The acquisition unit 345 acquires information about environmental management for each business entity through the survey.

[0036] In the example of questionnaire entries shown in Figure 5, regarding organizational structure, the question "We have established a global organizational structure for environmental management" is not applicable (no check), while the questions "We have established an organizational structure for environmental management that integrates group companies" and "We have established an organizational structure for environmental management that integrates product development, production, and sales" are applicable (checked). In addition, regarding environmental measures, there are questions such as "We have quantitative targets for reducing CO2 emissions," "We have quantitative targets for reducing resource consumption," "We have targets for creating products that reduce environmental impact," "We have quantitative targets for reducing the use of chemical substances," and "We have quantitative targets for biodiversity conservation."

[0037] Although not shown in the figure, other "systems" besides the "organizational system" include "environmental activity systems" such as the establishment of an environmental management system (e.g. ISO14001, etc.), integrated certification with other management systems (e.g. ISO9001), and targets and systems for waste reduction and recycling (the so-called 3Rs). Hereinafter, the organizational system and environmental activity system are collectively referred to as "systems." Regarding environmental measures, other questions include reduction targets for the management man-hours of the environmental management system, targets for energy conservation, targets for plans to introduce renewable energy, targets for water reduction or conservation, targets for environmentally friendly products, etc. An example of renewable energy is solar power generation.

[0038] In the above, the case where acquisition unit 345 acquires information on the environmental management of each business entity through web page 401 has been described, but acquisition is not limited to using a web page. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which survey questions are sent by email to PC 200 of each business entity, and responses to the questions are collected from users of each business entity by reply, and these are tallied by server 300 or the like.

[0039] Next, the analysis unit 346 analyzes the business entity's environmental management maturity level (step S102). As shown in Fig. 6, points (weighting) are pre-determined for each question item in the questionnaire. For example, with regard to organizational structure, 3 points are assigned to "a global organizational structure for environmental management has been established," 2 points to "an organizational structure for environmental management that integrates group companies has been established," and 1 point to "an organizational structure for environmental management that integrates product development, production, and sales has been established." Although not shown in the figure, points are similarly assigned to each question item regarding environmental measures.

[0040] Furthermore, in practical terms, other questions may be set in addition to the questions mentioned above. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the total score for the system items is set to 53 points. In the table in FIG. 6, the right-hand column indicates whether the business entity being analyzed complies or not, based on whether or not each question item in the questionnaire in FIG. 5 is checked. If the business entity complies, 3 points are added, and if the business entity does not comply, no points are added.

[0041] As shown in Fig. 7, the environmental management maturity level is determined according to the total score obtained by the business entity out of a total score of 53 points. The total score is the sum of the scores of the corresponding question items in Fig. 6. In this embodiment, the obtained environmental management maturity level is expressed in multiple levels such as 1 to 5 for each of the items of system, global warming, resources, products, and pollutants / biodiversity, with a higher level indicating a higher maturity level.

[0042] For example, as shown in Figure 8, level 1 is the stage at which a company is able to comply with laws such as the Basic Environment Act and the Air Pollution Control Act. Level 2 is the stage at which a company has reduced its own environmental impact and is able to disclose information about its company through environmental reports, etc. Level 3 is the stage at which a company's internal activities have contributed to increased sales and reduced costs by reducing the environmental impact of its life cycle. Level 4 is the stage at which a company's external activities have contributed to increased sales and reduced costs by reducing the environmental impact outside its responsibility. Level 5 is the stage at which a company has created business through its activities in society by dramatically expanding its contribution to society in solving global environmental issues.

[0043] Returning to FIG. 4 again, the output unit 347 outputs the environmental management maturity acquired by the analysis unit 346 in step S102 (step S103). The output unit 347 outputs the environmental management maturity by level for each item of system, global warming, resources, products, and pollutants / biodiversity, for example, to the display or speaker of the PC 200, or to a printer connected to the PC 200. FIG. 9 illustrates an example in which a web page 601 of "Diagnosis result of environmental management maturity" is displayed on the display. In the web page 601, the environmental management maturity is displayed in a radar chart format with each item of system, global warming, resources, products, and pollutants / biodiversity as axes. In the example of FIG. 9, the environmental management maturity is level 3 for system, level 4 for global warming, level 2 for resources, level 4 for products, and level 3 for pollutants / biodiversity. The display format of the levels is not limited to a radar chart, and the levels can also be displayed in a bar graph or a line graph. Alternatively, the magnitude of the level can be displayed numerically.

[0044] After the user has confirmed the environmental management maturity level, the user can press the "recommended information" button 602 to move on to a process of presenting recommended information (proposal information). Recommended information is information that the server 300 presents to the user in order to improve the environmental management of the business entity being analyzed.

[0045] Returning to FIG. 4 again, the presentation unit 348 presents recommendation information (step S104). The presentation unit 348 presents recommendation information, for example, regarding organizational structure, according to the environmental management maturity level of the business entity. The recommendation information may be, for example, files (data) recommended for use in improving environmental management. As described below, files are provided as, for example, documents, images, videos, application programs (hereinafter, referred to as "apps"), etc. This file is provided in advance by one or more entities (business entities) that operate and manage the server 300, and is stored in the auxiliary storage device 342, etc.

[0046] 8, for example, a number of files F1 to F27 for presenting recommendation information are registered in the environmental management analysis system 100. For example, F1 to F6 are files related to systems, and F7 to F13 are files related to global warming. Similarly, F14 to F27 are files related to resources, products, or pollutants / biodiversity.

[0047] Moreover, the files F1 to F27 are classified in advance by, for example, an administrator according to the level of environmental management maturity. For example, among the files F1 to F6 related to the system, F1 and F2 are classified as level 1 and are used when upgrading from level 1 to level 2. F3 and F4 are classified as level 2 and are used when upgrading from level 2 to level 3. F5 and F6 are classified as level 3 and are used when upgrading from level 3 to level 4 (indicated by arrow 501). The same applies to the files on global warming, resources, products, and pollutants / biodiversity. Note that instead of the administrator, the presenting unit 348 may be configured to classify the files F1 to F27 according to the level according to a predetermined classification condition.

[0048] Each of the files F1 to F27 may be a document in any format, such as text, Portable Document Format (PDF), Microsoft Word (registered trademark), Microsoft Excel (registered trademark), or Microsoft PowerPoint (registered trademark).

[0049] Alternatively, each of files F1 to F27 may be an image or video in any format, such as TIFF (Tagged Image File Format), JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group), GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), BMP (Bitmap), PNG (Portable Network Graphics), MP4 (Mpeg-4), MOV (QuickTime), WMV (Windows Media Video), FLV (Flash Video), etc.

[0050] The presentation unit 348 presents files suitable for leveling up according to the business entity's environmental management maturity level from among the multiple files stored in the auxiliary storage device 342. For example, when the business entity's system (organizational system) has an environmental management maturity level of level 1, the presentation unit 348 presents file F1 or file F2 as recommended information, when the business entity's system has an environmental management maturity level of level 2, the presentation unit 348 presents file F3 or file F4 as recommended information, and when the business entity's system has an environmental management maturity level of level 3, the presentation unit 348 presents file F5 or file F6 as recommended information.

[0051] Also, as shown in FIG. 10, when the presentation unit 348 judges that the environmental management maturity level of the organizational system is low, it presents recommendation information regarding a method of creating an organizational system. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, the question item "Has an organizational system for global environmental management been established?" is not checked. Therefore, the presentation unit 348 judges that the organizational system needs to be improved, and presents a method of creating an organizational system for global environmental management as recommendation information. Also, when the question item "Has an organizational system for environmental management that integrates group companies been established?" is not checked, the presentation unit 348 presents a method of creating an organizational system for environmental management that also integrates group companies as recommendation information. Also, when the question item "Has an organizational system for environmental management that integrates product development, production, and sales been established?" is not checked, the presentation unit 348 presents a method of creating an organizational system for environmental management that also integrates product development, production, and sales as recommendation information.

[0052] In addition, as a method for creating an organizational structure, for example, a method for reducing the number of steps required for organizational management of a business entity can be proposed. By introducing this method, the costs required for organizational management of a business entity can be reduced.

[0053] The recommended information may be provided in the form of files such as documents, images, videos, and apps. Documents include, for example, collections of essential points and know-how summarizing the main points of environmental management, collections of case studies summarizing practical examples of environmental management, workflows related to environmental activities (strategy formulation, energy conservation, waste reduction, chemical substance reduction), introduction information for consultants (e.g., environment, energy conservation, management), introduction information for environment-related equipment (e.g., energy-saving equipment, measuring / detection equipment, etc.), reference literature related to environmental management, etc. Videos include lectures on environmental management, etc.

[0054] Furthermore, the application includes an energy saving application, etc. The energy saving application acquires information on facilities that consume resources such as electricity, gas, steam, water, etc., for a business entity, analyzes the acquired information, and presents to the user, as recommendation information, examples of improvement that can lead to energy saving, how to implement them, estimated results of the effects, methods of estimating the effects, etc.

[0055] Furthermore, in environmental management analysis system 100 of this embodiment, files can be provided by multiple different entities (business entities) that manage server 300 as described above. Each business entity can upload and register files to server 300 via PC 200. Registered files are stored in auxiliary storage device 342. Therefore, each business entity can share files with other business entities, for example, by registering and providing environmental management know-how, improvement examples, etc. as files. This allows many business entities to share environmental management know-how, improvement examples, etc. through environmental management analysis system 100, enabling many business entities to work together to address global environmental issues, which are limited by the efforts of individual business entities alone.

[0056] Furthermore, in recent years, many business entities have been faced with the problem of environmental technology and know-how being passed down due to the retirement of environmental technology experts and engineers due to age and other reasons. Therefore, by having the environmental management analysis system 100 serve as a platform for sharing environmental management know-how and improvement examples, it will become possible to pass on environmental technology and know-how widely across the industrial world.

[0057] As described above, in the process of the flowchart in Fig. 4, the server 300 acquires at least information on the organizational structure related to the environmental management of the business entity to be analyzed, and analyzes the business entity's environmental management maturity level based on this information. Then, the server 300 presents recommendation information for improving the business entity's environmental management according to the business entity's environmental management maturity level.

[0058] The environmental management analysis system 100 of this embodiment described above provides the following unique effects.

[0059] The environmental management analysis system 100 analyzes the environmental management maturity of a business entity and presents recommendation information for improving the business entity's environmental management according to the business entity's environmental management maturity. This allows the business entity to obtain the environmental management maturity and recommendation information without the intervention of an environmental consultant. Therefore, the business entity can improve its environmental management based on the environmental management maturity and recommendation information.

[0060] The configurations of the environmental management analysis system 100 and the environmental management analysis program described above are the main configurations described in order to explain the features of the above embodiment, but are not limited to the above configurations and can be modified in various ways within the scope of the claims.

[0061] For example, in the above example, the case where the points for each question item regarding environmental management are fixed has been described, but the present invention is not limited to such a case. For example, the analysis unit 346 can analyze information regarding the environmental management of the business entity, and change the points for each question item depending on the analysis results. For example, based on the results of analyzing the organizational structure of the business entity, the analysis unit 346 can change the points to emphasize "an organizational structure for environmental management that integrates group companies has been established" rather than "an organizational structure for global environmental management has been established." This makes it possible to improve the accuracy of the analysis of the environmental management maturity level depending on the organizational structure of the business entity, and to provide more appropriate recommendation information.

[0062] In the above example, the case where each question item regarding environmental management is fixed has been described, but the present invention is not limited to such a case. For example, the analysis unit 346 can analyze information regarding the environmental management of the business entity, and add questions or change the content of the questions depending on the analysis results. For example, if the information regarding the environmental management of the business entity meets certain requirements, the analysis unit 346 can add questions regarding finances. This can improve the accuracy of the analysis of the environmental management maturity level depending on the financial situation of the business entity, and can provide more appropriate recommendation information.

[0063] The acquisition unit 345 may also be configured to acquire information based on past disclosure information as information on the business entity's environmental management. This can improve the accuracy of analyzing the business entity's environmental management maturity. For example, the acquisition unit 345 can acquire information on environmental management that has been requested and disclosed by an organization that operates an international information disclosure system. One such organization is CDP (https: / / www.cdp.net / ja). CDP is a project in which institutional investors, who are shareholders of the companies, request major companies around the world to disclose information on their specific greenhouse gas emissions and efforts to combat climate change.

[0064] The presentation unit 348 can also present recommendation information by the items of system, global warming, resources, products, and pollutants / biodiversity according to the environmental management maturity of the business entity. For example, the presentation unit 348 presents files for items that need to be upgraded among the items of system, global warming, resources, products, and pollutants / biodiversity on the display of the PC 200 based on the environmental management maturity of the business entity. Items that need to be upgraded are, for example, items whose environmental management maturity has not reached level 5. In the example of FIG. 9, since the environmental management maturity has not reached level 5 in all the items of system, global warming, resources, products, and pollutants / biodiversity, all items can be targets for items that need to be upgraded. Among these, resources is at the lowest level 2, so files can be presented preferentially.

[0065] The user can obtain information for improving environmental management by selecting one of the presented files and using it (for example, by confirming or executing the contents).

[0066] Alternatively, instead of presenting a file as the recommended information, the presentation unit 348 can directly present specific information for improving environmental management to the user. The presentation unit 348 can determine the necessity of presenting the recommended information and the priority order based on the environmental management maturity level of each of the items of the system, global warming, resources, products, and pollutants / biodiversity, and present the recommended information in the order of priority or a predetermined order. In this case, the presentation unit 348 can present the recommended information in order of decreasing level among the items of the system, global warming, resources, products, and pollutants / biodiversity, for example.

[0067] For example, in the example of FIG. 9, the presentation unit 348 determines that since resources are at the lowest level of level 2, it is necessary to present recommended information as a top priority, and uses a file related to resources to present the user with specific information for improving environmental management.

[0068] The environmental management analysis program of server 300 may be provided by a computer-readable recording medium such as a USB memory, flexible disk, or CD-ROM, or may be provided online via a network such as the Internet. In this case, the program recorded on the computer-readable recording medium is usually transferred to and stored in memory, storage, or the like. The environmental management analysis program may be provided, for example, as a standalone application software, or may be incorporated into the software of each device of server 300 as one of its functions.

[0069] This application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2019-219301, filed on December 4, 2019, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. [Explanation of symbols]

[0070] 100 Environmental Management Analysis System, 110 communication networks, 200 pcs, 300 servers, 310 Communication devices, 320 Input device, 330 output device, 340 control device, 341 CPU, 342 Auxiliary storage, 343 RAM, 344 ROMs, 345 Acquisition Department; 346 Analysis Department, 347 output section, 348 Presentation Department.

Claims

1. An environmental management analysis system having a computer, The computer includes: an acquisition section that acquires answers to a number of questions regarding the environmental management of the entity being analyzed; an analysis unit that calculates the maturity of the business entity with respect to environmental management based on the answers acquired by the acquisition unit and the weights of each of the questions; and a presentation unit that presents proposal information for improving the environmental management of the business entity according to the level of maturity obtained by the analysis unit; The maturity level is an index showing the maturity level of environmental management, and is expressed by multiple levels for each item. The proposal information is classified according to the level of maturity, The presentation unit presents the proposal information suitable for leveling up according to the level of maturity.

2. The environmental management analysis system according to claim 1 , further comprising an output unit that outputs the maturity level acquired by the analysis unit in a level for each of the items.

3. The acquisition unit is Obtain at least one of the following information regarding the entity's environmental management: its structure and responses to questions regarding its efforts in addressing global warming, resources, products, pollutants, and biodiversity; 3. The environmental management analysis system according to claim 1, wherein the maturity level is expressed in a plurality of stages for each of the following items: system, and at least one of global warming, resources, products, and pollutants / biodiversity.

4. The presentation unit is 4. The environmental management analysis system according to claim 1, which presents proposal information relating to methods for creating an organizational structure.

5. The presentation unit is 5. The environmental management analysis system according to claim 4, wherein proposed information on a method for reducing man-hours required for organizational management of said business entity is presented as said method for establishing said organizational structure.

6. The presentation unit is 4. The environmental management analysis system according to claim 3, which presents proposal information regarding the setting of quantitative targets for at least one of efforts regarding global warming, resources, products, pollutants, and biodiversity in relation to the environmental management of said business entity.

7. The environmental management analysis system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the analysis unit calculates a total of the points obtained by the business entity being analyzed by adding up the points assigned as the weights of the question items corresponding to the business entity in accordance with the answers to the plurality of questions, and determines the level of maturity according to the total.

8. Further, a storage device is provided for storing a plurality of files, including documents, images, videos, and application programs, which are pre-classified according to the level of maturity; The environmental management analysis system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the presentation unit presents, as the proposed information, a file suitable for raising the level of maturity of the business entity from the plurality of files stored in the storage device, in accordance with the level of maturity of the business entity.

9. An acquisition step of acquiring answers to a plurality of questions regarding the environmental management of the business entity to be analyzed; an analysis step of calculating the maturity of the business entity with respect to environmental management based on the answers acquired in the acquisition step and the weights of each of the questions; a presentation step of presenting proposal information for improving the environmental management of the business entity according to the level of maturity obtained in the analysis step; The maturity level is an index showing the maturity level of environmental management, and is expressed by multiple levels for each item. The proposal information is classified according to the level of maturity, The presenting step presents the proposed information suitable for leveling up according to the level of maturity, the proposed information being an environmental management analysis program for causing a computer to execute a process.

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