Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Information Processing Program

Abstract

The conventional system only displays the ESG rating or rating (hereinafter referred to as "ESG rating") based on the overall perspectives of environment (E), society (S), and governance (G) assigned by each evaluation institution for a specific company, and the scores of each perspective, after obtaining them from the outside. However, the detailed breakdown, that is, the indicators used by each evaluation institution to evaluate each perspective of ESG, the details of those indicators, the evaluations made for those indicators, and the evaluation criteria were unknown. 【Solution means】The information processing program according to the disclosed technology includes an evaluation information acquisition procedure (ST110) for acquiring ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions for a user company, from an evaluation information database (DB), and a classification display procedure (ST130) for displaying the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions and for each evaluation institution. It is for causing a computer to execute these procedures.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, ESG management has been attracting worldwide attention as a management policy essential for the sustainable growth of companies, and an increasing number of companies are working to introduce it. In addition, various disclosure systems have been formulated in countries and regions around the world that require companies involved in activities within the region to disclose information in accordance with disclosure standards from the perspective of ESG (an acronym for Environment, Social, and Governance). There are also ESG rating organizations that evaluate whether organizations are conducting activities that take ESG into consideration. In this way, ESG is gaining attention in the same way as the SDGs. In addition to the above-mentioned "ESG management," the term has become widely used in general, including phrases that include ESG, such as "ESG investment," "ESG report," and "ESG analytics."

[0003] Disclosure information related to ESG also includes non-financial information. Systems that focus on ESG information and evaluate it by quantifying it are also known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system that evaluates corporate value by quantifying non-financial information. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2023-58857 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] The conventional system exemplified in Patent Document 1 only obtains, from outside, the ESG rating or score (hereinafter referred to as "ESG rating") based on the entire perspectives of environment (E), society (S), and governance (G) given by each evaluation institution to a certain specific company, and displays the obtained ESG rating and score. In the conventional system, although it is possible to distinguish the ESG ratings and scores given by each evaluation institution to a certain specific company, the more detailed breakdown of the ESG ratings and scores is not known. That is, in the system according to the prior art, there is a problem that the indicators for evaluating each perspective of ESG adopted by each evaluation institution, the details of the indicators, the evaluations made on the indicators, and the evaluation criteria are not known. An object of the disclosed technology is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program for solving the above problems.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] The information processing program according to the disclosed technology causes a computer to execute an evaluation information acquisition procedure for acquiring, from an evaluation information database, ESG evaluation information which is evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions for a user company, and a classification display procedure for displaying the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by the plurality of evaluation institutions and for each evaluation institution. The ESG evaluation items include items classified into Environment, Social, and Governance, and each of the items classified into Environment, Social, and Governance includes a plurality of evaluation items. The plurality of evaluation items are represented by an expression obtained by generalizing or standardizing ESG evaluation items when each of the evaluation items has different expressions by each of a plurality of evaluation institutions. is what it is.

Effects of the Invention

[0007] The information processing program according to the disclosed technology has the above technical features, and by executing it, it is possible to list the indicators for evaluating each perspective of ESG adopted by each evaluation institution, the details of the indicators, the evaluations made on the indicators, and the evaluation criteria.

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[0009] Some important terms used in the disclosed technology are defined as follows.

[0010] 《ESG Evaluation Items》 The ESG evaluation items are items related to ESG defined as one and the same item for the evaluation items for which common concepts or ways of thinking can be recognized even if the description expressions are different for each of the ESG evaluation institutions. The ESG evaluation items include, for example, four items: ESG classification, code (number), major classification, and minor classification. In the ESG evaluation items, the ESG classification indicates which of Environment, Social, or Governance each piece of data belongs to. As symbols representing the ESG classification, for example, letters such as "E", "S", and "G" are used. The code (number) in the ESG evaluation items is for distinguishing each minor classification, and different codes are assigned to each minor classification. These codes for distinguishing minor classifications are also referred to as "classification codes". The major classification and minor classification in the ESG evaluation items are expressions in words of names that are easy for people to understand what kind of content the data indicating ESG-related information is. As the names of these major classification and minor classification, generalizations or standardizations of the ESG-related evaluation items used by each ESG evaluation institution are used. Examples of the major classification include "Overall Environment", "Climate Change", "Water", "Resource Recycling", "Biodiversity", "Supplier (Environment)", "Environmental Opportunities and Impacts", "Human Rights", "Labor Practices", "Diversity", "Talent Development", "Employee Safety and Health", "Corporate Citizenship", "Product Quality and Product Safety", "Corporate Governance", "Risk Management", "Information Security and Privacy", etc. Examples of the minor classification include, for those belonging to "Overall Environment", "Policies on Environmental Management", for those belonging to "Climate Change", "Policies on Coping with Climate Change", "Policies on Reducing Energy Consumption", "Carbon Pricing", etc.

[0011] 《ESG Evaluation Information》 In this specification, the term "ESG evaluation information" may include the following two pieces of information. One is the evaluation results of each evaluation institution for each company, separated by ESG evaluation items (hereinafter referred to as "company-specific evaluation information"). The evaluation results of each evaluation institution included in the company-specific evaluation information are, for example, whether they meet or fall short of the evaluation criteria adopted by each evaluation institution (hereinafter referred to as "meeting / falling short"), the ESG ratings and scores (hereinafter simply referred to as "scores") given by each evaluation institution. The other is information indicating the evaluation criteria adopted by each evaluation institution corresponding to each ESG evaluation item (hereinafter referred to as "evaluation criterion information"). ESG evaluation information includes at least company-specific evaluation information. Note that the company-specific evaluation information and the evaluation criterion information can be stored in the evaluation information database for each company, associated with the corresponding ESG evaluation items.

[0012] 《Evaluation Institution》 An evaluation institution is a third-party institution that evaluates a company's ESG efforts. Specifically, examples of evaluation institutions include DJSI (Dow Jones Sustainability Index), FTSE, MSCI, Sustainalytics, CDP, etc. Note that the evaluation methods used by evaluation institutions include the so-called questionnaire type in which the evaluation institution conducts interviews or questionnaires with the target company, and the so-called self-rating type in which the evaluation institution evaluates without conducting interviews or questionnaires. DJSI and CDP adopt the so-called questionnaire type of evaluation method. FTSE, MSCI, and Sustainalytics adopt the so-called self-rating type of evaluation method.

[0013] 《Disclosure Standard·Disclosure Criterion Information》 A disclosure standard is a standard that defines the obligation to disclose ESG information by law or framework. Examples of disclosure standards include GRI Standards, ISSB (Sustainability Disclosure Standards by the IFRS Foundation), etc. Disclosure standards are generally compiled as standard documents. Note that the above-mentioned evaluation criteria adopted by each evaluation institution are formulated based on such disclosure criteria, and there is a close relationship between the two. Disclosure standard information is the electronic data of the standard document. The disclosure standard information of the disclosure standards defined by various laws and regulations or frameworks is publicly available on the Internet.

[0014] Embodiment 1. The disclosed technology can be realized as the information processing apparatus 100. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an information processing system according to the disclosed technology. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system is a system in which the information processing apparatus 100 and the user terminal UT are connected via the Internet. In FIG. 1, three user terminals UT are shown, but the number of user terminals UT may be any number of 1 or more. Also, in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 100 and the user terminal UT are connected via the Internet, but this connection is not limited to the Internet, and any telecommunication line may be used.

[0015] 《Information Processing Apparatus 100》 The information processing apparatus 100 acquires ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions for the user company, from the evaluation information database DB, and displays the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by the plurality of evaluation institutions and for each evaluation institution. The information processing apparatus 100 includes an evaluation information acquisition unit 110 and a classification display unit 130. The information processing apparatus 100 displays the ESG evaluation information on a display (not shown) of the user terminal UT for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions and for each evaluation institution. Also, the information processing apparatus 100 includes the evaluation information database DB. Note that the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the evaluation information database DB may be provided in an external device that can be communicatively connected to the information processing apparatus 100. The information processing apparatus 100 provides a service related to the disclosed technology, that is, a service that displays evaluations of ESG by a plurality of evaluation institutions using common ESG evaluation items (hereinafter referred to as the "ESG display service for each evaluation institution") to users. In this specification, a company as a user may also be referred to as a "user company". An employee belonging to the user company may also be referred to as a "user". The information processing apparatus 100 is an arbitrary computer such as a server or a terminal used by a user. Here, the provision of the ESG display service for each evaluation institution may be performed, for example, in the form of SaaS (Software as a Service). In this case, the information processing apparatus 100 is owned or managed by a provider of the ESG display service for each evaluation institution (hereinafter referred to as the "service provider"). In this specification, details will be clarified for the case where the information processing apparatus 100 according to the disclosed technology is a server owned or managed by a service provider, for example.

[0016] In addition to the above-mentioned evaluation information database DB, the information processing apparatus 100 has an item table (not shown). The item table is a table in which each ESG evaluation item, the disclosure criteria corresponding to those items, the evaluation criteria in each evaluation institution corresponding to those items, and the importance of those items are described in association with each other. The item table is preset by the service provider and is stored, for example, in a storage unit (not shown) accessible to the information processing apparatus 100. The ESG evaluation items are created by, for example, the service provider. Also, the disclosure criteria are created by, for example, the service provider collecting the disclosure criteria information published on the Internet and analyzing the correspondence between each disclosure criterion and the ESG evaluation items. Also, the importance indicates how important each ESG evaluation item is among a plurality of ESG evaluation items. For example, it is set using a default calculation formula by the service provider, or set by the user who receives the ESG display service for each evaluation institution. The importance included in the item table is the one set by default among these. Details of the importance will be described later. The user who receives the ESG display service for each evaluation institution can access the information processing device 100, which is a server, via the Internet from the user terminal UT and view the data stored in the evaluation information database DB.

[0017] 《Evaluation Information Database DB》 The evaluation information database DB holds ESG evaluation information. As described above, it includes enterprise-specific evaluation information and evaluation criterion information. Among the ESG evaluation information, the original information (hereinafter referred to as "original evaluation information") about the evaluations conducted by each evaluation institution for each enterprise, which is necessary for creating enterprise-specific evaluation information, is uploaded to the information processing device 100, for example, by the enterprise as the user having the original information operating the user terminal UT. In other words, the original evaluation information is information indicating the evaluations conducted by each evaluation institution for each enterprise before being separated by ESG evaluation items. The process of extracting the evaluations conducted by each evaluation institution in the original evaluation information according to ESG evaluation items, that is, the process of extracting enterprise-specific evaluation information (hereinafter referred to as the "extraction process") may be performed manually or by the information processing device 100 using machine learning techniques. The procedure for the information processing device 100 to perform the extraction process is referred to as the "evaluation information extraction procedure". When machine learning technology is used, specifically, when original evaluation information is input, a trained model that has been trained to separate the evaluations performed by each evaluation institution according to ESG evaluation items may be used. The trained model may be composed of an artificial neural network, or may be a large language model (LLM) such as GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer).

[0018] The prompt input to the large language model includes, for example, the original evaluation information itself or information specifying the original evaluation information, and the information indicating the ESG evaluation items itself or information specifying the item table. The information specifying the original evaluation information is information indicating the directory and file name, etc., when the original evaluation information is stored, for example, in a storage unit (not shown) accessible by the information processing apparatus 100. Similarly, the information specifying the item table is information indicating the directory and file name, etc., of the item table. Furthermore, the prompt describes an instruction to extract the corresponding location, which is the location where there is a description corresponding to the ESG evaluation item from the original evaluation information, and to extract evaluation results such as scores included in the corresponding location. Note that the processing based on these instructions may be performed multiple times using multiple types of prompts. For example, first, only the extraction of the corresponding location is performed using a prompt that describes only the instruction to extract the corresponding location, and then, the evaluation results such as scores included in the extracted corresponding location are extracted using a prompt that describes an instruction to extract such evaluation results. In addition, the prompt may describe an instruction to extract the evaluation criterion information included in the corresponding location. Regarding the prompt when a large language model is used as a learned model, it can be automatically generated. For example, the template of the prompt is set by the service provider and stored in a storage unit (not shown) accessible by the information processing apparatus 100. When the information processing apparatus 100 performs the operation of separating the evaluations performed by each evaluation institution in the original evaluation information according to the ESG evaluation items, it acquires the template from the above-mentioned storage unit and automatically creates the above-mentioned prompt by embedding necessary information such as information specifying the original evaluation information.

[0019] The large language model may be provided by an external server or may be possessed by the information processing apparatus 100. For example, an existing large language model provided as a service by an external server may be used. In this case, the information processing apparatus 100 can input a prompt to the large language model through API (Application Programming Interface) cooperation and obtain a response to the input from the large language model.

[0020] The extraction process may be performed using a learned model as described above, may be performed using a so-called rule-based algorithm, or may all be performed manually. Further, the extraction process may be performed as a semi-automated operation in which, once performed by a learned model such as the above-mentioned large language model, it is finally visually confirmed by a person and finalized. Also, among the ESG evaluation information, the evaluation criterion information may be extracted in association with the ESG evaluation items in the extraction process as described above and stored in the evaluation information database DB, or after the enterprise-specific evaluation information is created, it may be created by referring to the item table and associated with the ESG evaluation items and stored in the evaluation information database DB. This operation can be automatically performed by the information processing apparatus 100 or may be performed manually.

[0021] 《Evaluation Information Acquisition Unit 110》 The evaluation information acquisition unit 110 acquires ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions for the user company, from the evaluation information database DB. The user can operate the user terminal UT to access the information processing apparatus 100 and cause a display (not shown) of the user terminal UT to display a screen for using the ESG display service by evaluation institution. When the ESG display service by evaluation institution is provided in the form of SaaS, for example, the screen is displayed on a browser. A window for selecting display items, for example, is displayed on the screen. The selectable display items are specifically either one or both of an evaluation institution or a disclosure standard. When the user operates the user terminal UT to select a display item, the user terminal UT transmits information indicating the selected display item to the information processing apparatus 100, and the evaluation information acquisition unit 110 of the information processing apparatus 100 acquires the display item transmitted from the user terminal UT. When the evaluation information acquisition unit 110 acquires a display item, it acquires ESG evaluation information by an evaluation institution or disclosure standard that matches the display item from the evaluation information database DB, and outputs the acquired ESG evaluation information to the classification display unit 130.

[0022] 《Classification display unit 130》 The classification display unit 130 displays the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions and for each evaluation institution. When the classification display unit 130 acquires ESG evaluation information from the evaluation information acquisition unit 110, it generates display information for displaying the ESG evaluation information, and transmits the generated display information to the user terminal UT. When the user terminal UT acquires the display information from the classification display unit 130, based on the acquired display information, the user terminal UT causes the aforementioned display included in the user terminal UT to display the ESG evaluation information. That is, the classification display unit 130 can separately display the ESG evaluation information for at least a part of the evaluation institution or disclosure standard that matches the display item by transmitting the ESG evaluation information of the selected evaluation institution or disclosure standard to the user terminal UT. The ESG evaluation information that the classification display unit 130 causes to be displayed on the display of the user terminal UT is separated by ESG evaluation item, in other words, for example, classified by classification such as major classification or minor classification.

[0023] The number of evaluation institutions or disclosure standards that the user can select as display items by operating the user terminal UT may be one or two or more. When the number of evaluation institutions or disclosure standards that the user can select as display items is two or more, the user terminal UT, for example, displays a check box next to the display of the evaluation institution or disclosure standard on the screen where the list is displayed, and also displays an icon with "Add" displayed at the lower right of the screen. The user can select a plurality of evaluation institutions or disclosure standards by operating the user terminal UT to check the check box next to any number of evaluation institutions or disclosure standards of interest and pressing the icon with "Add" displayed. The user terminal UT generates selection information indicating the selected evaluation institution or disclosure standard and transmits it to the information processing apparatus 100. The selection of the display item can be performed by the user operating the user terminal UT at any timing and any number of times. When two or more of the selected evaluation institutions or disclosure standards are present, as will be described later, the user terminal UT can display the ESG evaluation information side by side for the selected evaluation institutions or disclosure standards.

[0024] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT as a result of the classification display. Although Figure 2 only shows a layout for four rows, each row has, for example, different ESG evaluation items assigned to it, and the number of rows can be displayed as many as the number of ESG evaluation items (for example, the number of sub - classifications). In the example of Figure 2, in the first row, as ESG evaluation items, "Major Classification: General Environment", "Sub - classification: Policy on Environmental Management", and "Code: E0101010" are assigned. Each column of the layout has an evaluation institution or disclosure standard selected as a display item assigned to it. In the example of Figure 2, as evaluation institutions selected as display items, DJSI, FTSE, MSCI, Sustainalytics, and CDP are assigned, and as disclosure standards selected as display items, GRI and ISSB are assigned respectively. Also, as illustrated in Figure 2, for each of the ESG evaluation items, it is advisable to show "Importance" ("D" in the example of Figure 2) and "Duplication" ("3 / 5" in the example of Figure 2). The importance and duplication will be described later.

[0025] Note that the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT is not limited to the example of Figure 2 and can be arbitrarily set by the user. For example, from the display like Figure 2, it is also possible to swap and display a certain column with another column, or swap and display rows and columns. Also, the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT can set a specific axis (row or column) as a fixed axis. For example, if the disclosure standard that the user is interested in is GRI, the user can set to fix the column to which GRI is assigned. Here, "fixing" means that the rows or columns constituting the items related to specific disclosure criteria or evaluation institutions continue to be displayed. For example, in Figure 2, when the column of "GRI", which is a disclosure criterion, is fixed, the content to the left or right of the column will be scrolled by a left - right scroll operation, but the column itself will continue to be fixed and displayed. Also, for example, in Figure 2, when rows such as "No.", "Major Classification", etc. are fixed, the content below the row will be scrolled by an up - down scroll operation, but the row itself will continue to be fixed and displayed.

[0026] Thus, as a result of the classification display procedure ST130, the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, that is, the display screen of the ESG display service by evaluation institution, for example, has information classified and displayed in a matrix form where ESG evaluation items are allocated to rows and evaluation institutions or disclosure criteria are allocated to columns. In this layout, when multiple ESG evaluation items are displayed, each ESG display item is allocated to and displayed in different rows as described above. Also, when there are multiple evaluation institutions selected by the user and evaluation information by multiple evaluation institutions is displayed in this layout, the evaluation information for each evaluation institution is allocated to and displayed in different columns as described above.

[0027] Furthermore, when there are multiple disclosure criteria selected by the user and multiple disclosure criteria are displayed in this layout, each disclosure criterion is allocated to and displayed in different columns. In the layout shown in Figure 2, in the column to which each disclosure criterion (for example, "GRI" and "ISSB" in Figure 2) is allocated, for example, the corresponding item in the disclosure criterion for a certain ESG evaluation item is displayed in the cell corresponding to the row to which the ESG evaluation item is allocated. In the cell, the title, etc. of the corresponding item for each ESG evaluation item in the disclosure criterion are displayed. Also, in this layout, the ESG evaluation information, including the company-specific evaluation information (sufficiency, deficiency, non-applicability, and scores) and the evaluation criterion information, is displayed in the cells that are areas specified by rows and columns.

[0028] Figure 3 is an enlarged view 1, which is a partial enlargement of Figure 2 exemplifying the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT as a result of the classified display. As shown in Figure 3, the information on the evaluation conducted by the evaluation institution is displayed in the column assigned to the evaluation institution. And in the column assigned to the evaluation institution, for example, the score given by the evaluation institution for a certain ESG evaluation item can be displayed at the uppermost position of the cell corresponding to the row to which the ESG evaluation item is assigned, as shown in Figure 3. In the example of Figure 3, “9.6 (Key Issue Management Score)” is displayed as the score of the evaluation conducted by the evaluation institution MSCI. In addition, for an ESG evaluation item for which a score is not calculated (when it is not an object of score calculation), “not applicable” may be displayed at the uppermost position of the corresponding cell. Also, in the column assigned to the evaluation institution, for example, the evaluation criteria of the evaluation institution for a certain ESG evaluation item can be displayed following the score in the same cell as the score. In the example of Figure 3, “Enviromental”, “Carbon Emissions”, “Targets” are displayed as the evaluation criteria used by the evaluation institution MSCI during the evaluation. Also, for the scores, for example, the range within which the scores can be obtained can be divided into a plurality of sections, and they may be displayed in different manners according to the section in which the score of the user company is included. For example, when the range within which the scores can be obtained is 0 to 10, if the score of the user company is 3 or less, it can be displayed in red, if it is greater than 3 and less than 8, it can be displayed in yellow, and if it is 8 or more, it can be displayed in green.

[0029] In addition, regarding the ESG evaluation information, the information corresponding to the date selected by the user terminal UT may be displayed. For example, in the example of FIG. 3, a date column is displayed on the right side of the evaluation institution column where the evaluation institution "MSCI" is displayed. Here, the evaluation by each evaluation institution for a certain user company can be performed, for example, at regular intervals. That is, there may be a plurality of original evaluation information indicating the evaluation of a certain evaluation institution for a certain user company. In the evaluation information database DB, the date when the original evaluation information was created, or the date when the original evaluation information was acquired by the information processing apparatus 100 (for example, the date when the user uploaded the original evaluation information) may be stored. Hereinafter, these dates are referred to as "stored evaluation dates". The date column is displayed, for example, on the right side of the evaluation institution name when there are a plurality of original evaluation information indicating the evaluation of a certain evaluation institution for a certain user company in the evaluation information database DB. In addition, when there is only one piece of original evaluation information indicating the evaluation of a certain evaluation institution for a certain user company in the evaluation information database DB, the date column may not be displayed, or only one stored evaluation date may be displayed in the date column. When the date column is displayed, the user may be able to input an arbitrary date as the evaluation date in the date column by operating the user terminal UT. Hereinafter, the input evaluation date is referred to as the "specified evaluation date". For example, by operating the user terminal UT to click on the black inverted triangle mark in the date column to display a list or calendar of evaluation date candidates, and selecting an arbitrary date from the displayed list or calendar of evaluation date candidates, the selected date is specified as the specified evaluation date. The user terminal UT generates selection information including the selected specified evaluation date and information indicating the evaluation institution, and transmits it to the information processing apparatus 100. In the classification display procedure ST130 shown in FIG. 7 described later, the information processing apparatus 100 extracts ESG evaluation information from the evaluation information database DB for the evaluation institution specified based on the selection information, based on the specified evaluation date included in the selection information. At that time, the information processing apparatus 100 may, for example, extract the ESG evaluation information of the stored evaluation date closest to the specified evaluation date, or extract the ESG evaluation information of the stored evaluation date closest to the specified evaluation date after the specified evaluation date, or extract the ESG evaluation information of the stored evaluation date closest to the specified evaluation date before the specified evaluation date. The algorithm for extracting the ESG evaluation information in this case is, for example, predetermined by the service provider, stored in a storage unit (not shown) accessible by the information processing apparatus 100, and can be acquired by the information processing apparatus 100 during the above extraction.

[0030] Also, in the column assigned to the evaluation institution, for example, regarding a certain ESG evaluation item, the information on whether the evaluation institution has determined that it is satisfied, insufficient, or not applicable can be displayed with the text color changed so that the user company can easily identify the items that are satisfied and the items that are not satisfied. For example, the text in the cell of the ESG evaluation item that the user company meets the evaluation criteria of the evaluation institution can be displayed in green, and the text in the cell of the ESG evaluation item that the user company does not meet the evaluation criteria can be displayed in red. In other words, in the column assigned to the evaluation institution, among the ESG evaluation items, the items that have achieved the evaluation criteria and the items that have not achieved the evaluation criteria can be displayed in different ways. In addition, when the sufficiency / insufficiency judgment is made in three or more levels (for example, "sufficient", "slightly insufficient", "insufficient", etc.), in the column assigned to the evaluation institution, the information on the sufficiency / insufficiency judgment made by the evaluation institution for a certain ESG evaluation item may be displayed in different manners according to each level.

[0031] Furthermore, in addition to displaying the sufficiency / insufficiency information in different colors in the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, when there is insufficiency, an alert mark may be displayed in the corresponding cell or the uppermost row of each column, etc. Also, the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT may have a function that allows the user to arbitrarily assign an alert mark to the corresponding cell or the uppermost row of each column, etc., for example, a function that clicks on the corresponding cell, etc. to display an alert mark.

[0032] As described above, there are so-called questionnaire types and so-called self-rating types among the evaluation methods performed by evaluation institutions. To correspond to these two different evaluation methods, the display screens of the ESG display services for each evaluation institution may have different display methods for the evaluation institution of the questionnaire type and the evaluation institution of the self-rating type.

[0033] Figure 4 is a diagram showing that the evaluation institutions adopting the self-rating type evaluation method and the evaluation institutions adopting the questionnaire type evaluation method have different display modes. As described above, Sustainalytics is an evaluation institution adopting the self-rating type evaluation method, and in the column of this evaluation institution, check boxes are displayed for each of a plurality of items evaluated by each criterion for self-rating. An item with a checked check box means that the evaluation criteria indicated by that item are satisfied, and an item without a checked check box means that there is insufficiency with respect to the evaluation criteria indicated by that item. Also, as described above, CDP is an evaluation institution that adopts a questionnaire-based evaluation method. However, in the column of the evaluation institution shown in FIG. 4, only the text of the Question of the questionnaire is described, but actually, the text (characters) of the answers to the questions is also displayed.

[0034] The expression method of the evaluation conducted by the evaluation institution can be considered in both cases of using numerical values and natural language. The disclosed technology can correspond to both cases where the expression method of the evaluation is by numerical values and by natural language. Specifically, in the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, when the ESG evaluation information is classified into ESG evaluation items and evaluation institutions and displayed in a matrix form, it may be displayed in different cell display modes according to the expression method of the evaluation in each evaluation institution. Different cell display modes mean, for example, different modes such as displaying an integer or displaying text.

[0035] As described above, in the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, "importance" ( "D" in the example of FIG. 2) and "duplication degree" ( "3 / 5" in the example of FIG. 2) are shown for each of the ESG evaluation items. The importance indicates a criterion for how important each ESG evaluation item should be regarded. The importance is determined, for example, based on a ratio with the duplication degree, that is, the number of evaluation institutions considering that ESG evaluation item as the numerator and the total number of all evaluation institutions as the denominator, for each ESG evaluation item. For example, if the duplication degree is 5 / 5, the importance may be determined as "S", if the duplication degree is 4 / 5, the importance may be determined as "A", if the duplication degree is 3 / 5, the importance may be determined as "B", and so on. As the number of evaluation institutions, the total number of all evaluation institutions for which evaluation criterion information has been collected for providing ESG display services for each evaluation institution may be used, or the number of evaluation institutions currently displayed on the display of the user terminal UT may be used. Note that the calculation methods for the default importance and duplication degree for each ESG evaluation item are, for example, preset by the service provider and associated with the corresponding ESG evaluation item and stored in a storage unit (not shown) accessible by the information processing apparatus 100, for example.

[0036] The importance determined based on the duplication degree as in the above example is based on the number of evaluation institutions considering each ESG evaluation item and can be said to be an objective importance. On the other hand, among the ESG evaluation items, there may be those that are subjectively emphasized by the user company. Therefore, the importance may be defined, for example, by the user arbitrarily rewriting the display during layout by operating the user terminal UT. Information regarding the importance rewritten by the user is transmitted from the user terminal UT to the information processing apparatus 100 and may be stored in a storage unit (not shown) accessible by the information processing apparatus 100 in association with information identifying the user company (for example, the user company ID or user company name assigned when using the ESG display service for each evaluation institution) and the corresponding ESG evaluation item. In this case, in the classification display procedure ST130 shown in FIG. 7 described later, the classification display unit 130 can also display the importance after rewriting by the user for the corresponding ESG evaluation item during the next layout display. Also, the importance may be defined, for example, by the user. For example, the user can select, by operating the user terminal UT, whether to use the number of all evaluation institutions for which evaluation criterion information has been collected as the number of evaluation institutions or the number of evaluation institutions currently displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, or can define the correspondence between the duplication degree and each importance. Information regarding the definition of the determination method set by the user is transmitted from the user terminal UT to the information processing apparatus 100, stored in a storage unit accessible by the information processing apparatus 100 in association with information identifying the user company and the corresponding ESG evaluation item, and may be reflected in the next layout display.

[0037] The layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT can also have its display order switched based on this importance level. For example, the user can, by operating the user terminal UT, with one click, change the order of the rows in which the ESG evaluation items are displayed in descending order (or ascending order) of importance. In addition, in the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, the reason for providing a column that displays not only the importance levels (S, A, B) but also the duplication rate (number of occurrences / total number) is that it is highly convenient for the user to be able to recognize the default importance level even if the importance level is rewritten by the user. Also, the user can customize the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, and can also, by operation, hide the rows or columns that they want to hide.

[0038] Figure 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a detailed explanation of the disclosure criteria is displayed in a pop-up window. For example, in the row corresponding to each ESG evaluation item in the column allocated to the disclosure criteria in the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, only the title of the disclosure criteria corresponding to that ESG evaluation item may be displayed. In this case, the user can, by operating the user terminal UT, click on one of the items of the disclosure criteria in the layout, for example, an item with a display of "Indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 2)" as the title, to pop up a window in which its detailed explanation is described. That is, in the column allocated to the disclosure technology in the layout, hyperlinks, icons, or buttons for popping up a detailed explanation of the items in the disclosure criteria are displayed. This pop-up display may be performed by the user operating the user terminal UT and positioning the cursor over the display of one of the items of the disclosure criteria in the layout. In this case, when the cursor moves to a position outside the said display, the pop-up display will disappear. 1 In the example of FIG. 5, for the items of the disclosure criteria with the title "Indirect Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions (Scope 2)", in addition to the bibliographic items such as its version, etc., detailed explanations of the specific content of the disclosure criteria, such as "Disclosure Criteria Requirements" and "Disclosure Criteria Recommendations", are displayed. Note that the association between each ESG evaluation item and each item of each disclosure criterion, and the linking (setting of hyperlinks, etc.) between each such item and its detailed explanation may be preset by, for example, a service provider and stored in a storage unit (not shown) accessible by the information processing apparatus 100. Thus, the information processing apparatus 100 that has acquired information indicating that the above-described operation has been performed from the user terminal UT can acquire a detailed explanation from the above-described storage unit and transmit it to the user terminal UT. Also, for example, in the row corresponding to each ESG evaluation item in the column allocated to the disclosure criteria in the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, following the title of the disclosure criteria corresponding to that ESG evaluation item, a detailed explanation of that disclosure criteria may be displayed. As described above, regarding the evaluation criteria, for example, only its title, or its title and detailed explanation may be constantly displayed in the layout. When only the title is constantly displayed in the layout, further, the detailed explanation (which may include the title) may be displayed in a manner of popping up on another window. In the latter case, it can be said that the detailed information of the evaluation criteria is displayed only in a manner of popping up on another window. As described above, the display of the disclosure criteria on the display of the user terminal UT may be in either or both of a mode of being displayed together with the ESG evaluation information or a mode of popping up on another window.

[0039] As an explanation of the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, an example of displaying ESG evaluation information for one company assuming the company itself (user company) in a matrix form is shown, but the disclosed technology is not limited to this. The technology disclosed herein may be enhanced to enable the display screen of the ESG display service by evaluation institution to also display ESG-related information for any company selected by the user (hereinafter referred to as the "benchmark company"). Here, the ESG-related information refers to information obtained by collecting materials generally disclosed by other companies (hereinafter referred to as "disclosed materials") and analyzing them according to ESG evaluation items, which is different from the ESG evaluation information of the user company.

[0040] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the display screen of the ESG display service by evaluation institution when the function is enhanced to also display for the benchmark company. The disclosed materials are materials in which each company reports the actual situation regarding its own ESG. The disclosed materials include, for example, integrated reports, corporate governance reports, etc. The analysis of the disclosed materials is performed in advance by, for example, the service provider and stored in a storage unit (not shown) accessible by the information processing apparatus 100. For example, first, the information processing apparatus 100 uses a well-known technique called crawling to periodically visit the websites of a plurality of companies specified in advance by the service provider, thereby acquiring the electronic data of the disclosed materials of the plurality of companies. The information processing apparatus 100 associates the acquired electronic data of the disclosed materials of the company with information for identifying the company that discloses this (hereinafter referred to as "company identification information") and stores it in a storage unit (not shown) accessible by the information processing apparatus 100. The company identification information is the company name, etc. of the company that discloses the disclosed materials.

[0041] The electronic data of the disclosure materials stored in the aforementioned storage unit is processed using, for example, machine learning techniques so that the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present disclosure technology can handle it easily. Specifically, when the electronic data of the disclosure materials is input, a learned model that has been trained to output, for each benchmark corresponding location, the content itself of the location corresponding to any of the sub-classifications of the ESG evaluation items (hereinafter referred to as the "benchmark corresponding location") and the sub-classification code of the ESG evaluation item sub-classification to which the benchmark corresponding location corresponds may be used. As the learned model, a large language model may be used. When a large language model is used as the learned model, for example, the information processing apparatus 100 inputs the electronic data of the disclosure materials stored in the aforementioned storage unit into the large language model. The prompt at that time includes, for example, the electronic data of the disclosure materials itself or information specifying the electronic data of the disclosure materials, and information specifying the ESG evaluation items, and further describes an instruction to extract the benchmark corresponding location. Alternatively, the instruction described in the prompt may include, for example, an instruction to extract the benchmark corresponding location and its description location, an instruction to generate link destination information with different links for each description location and set the description location as the transition destination, an instruction to generate information (hereinafter referred to as "item link association information") associating each link with each sub-classification code, and an instruction including specific generation rules for the link. The description location is the name of the disclosure material (material name), the page number on which the benchmark corresponding location in the disclosure material is described, or the paragraph number on the page indicated by the page number (for example, a number indicating which paragraph from the top on that page), or a chart number, etc. The prompt when input into the large language model in this case can also be automatically generated. For example, the template of the prompt is set by the service provider and stored in a storage unit (not shown) accessible by the information processing apparatus 100. When processing the electronic data of the disclosure materials, the information processing apparatus 100 can obtain the template from the aforementioned storage unit and automatically create the prompt as described above by embedding necessary information such as information specifying the electronic data of the disclosure materials. When the information processing apparatus 100 receives an output including corresponding parts corresponding to the sub-classifications of the ESG evaluation items from a learned model such as a large language model, it associates the output with the enterprise-specific information and stores it in the evaluation information database DB as ESG-related information. In this way, for a plurality of enterprises, the ESG-related information is linked with the enterprise-specific information of each enterprise and the benchmark corresponding parts corresponding to the sub-classifications of the ESG evaluation items in the disclosure materials disclosed by the enterprise, and stored in the evaluation information database DB.

[0042] Note that for the processing of the electronic data of the disclosure materials, a learned model may be used as described above, or the processing may be performed by a so-called rule-based algorithm, or the processing may be performed manually. In any case of the processing method, it is sufficient that the ESG-related information as the result of the processing is stored in the evaluation information database DB.

[0043] On the screen for using the above-mentioned ESG display service for each evaluation institution, for example, a window for selecting the company name of a benchmark company or the like is displayed. When the user operates the user terminal UT to select a company name, the user terminal UT transmits information indicating the selected company name to the information processing apparatus 100, and the evaluation information acquisition unit 110 of the information processing apparatus 100 acquires the company name transmitted from the user terminal UT. When the information processing apparatus 100 acquires the company name, it acquires ESG-related information matching the company name from the evaluation information database DB, and outputs the acquired ESG-related information to the classification display unit 130. When the classification display unit 130 acquires the ESG-related information from the evaluation information acquisition unit 110, it generates display information for displaying ESG evaluation information including the ESG-related information, and transmits the generated display information to the user terminal UT.

[0044] In the layout example shown in FIG. 6, the ESG evaluation information of the benchmark company designated by the user is displayed in the column displayed as "ESG-related information of other companies". In the column of "ESG-related information of other companies", for example, the benchmark corresponding part of the disclosure document of the benchmark company for a certain ESG evaluation item is displayed in the cell corresponding to the row to which the ESG evaluation item is assigned. In addition, when a plurality of benchmark companies are selected, in the layout, columns as described above may be displayed for each benchmark company. In addition to the benchmark corresponding part, when the description location is extracted and the link and link destination information are generated, in the column of "ESG-related information of other companies", only the description location of the benchmark corresponding part of the disclosure document of the benchmark company for a certain ESG evaluation item is displayed in the cell corresponding to the row to which the ESG evaluation item is assigned, and a link may be added to the description location. The added link is, for example, a hyperlink. In this case, for example, each benchmark corresponding part is specified by a unique URL (Uniform Resource Locator). The user can operate the user terminal UT to select, for example, by clicking on any of the above hyperlinks. When the user selects a hyperlink on the user terminal UT, the user terminal UT transmits information indicating that the hyperlink has been selected to the information processing apparatus 100. The information includes the URL indicated by the selected hyperlink. When the information processing apparatus 100 acquires information indicating that a hyperlink has been selected from the user terminal UT, it acquires the data of the benchmark corresponding location based on the URL included in the information, and transmits the acquired data of the benchmark corresponding location to the user terminal UT. The user terminal UT displays information (such as page numbers) indicating the benchmark corresponding location and the location where the benchmark corresponding location is described.

[0045] Alternatively, the user can operate the user terminal UT to position the cursor, for example, on the above hyperlink. When the cursor is placed on the hyperlink by the user on the user terminal UT, the user terminal UT transmits information indicating that the cursor is located on the hyperlink to the information processing apparatus 100. The information includes the URL indicated by the hyperlink where the cursor is located. When the information processing apparatus 100 acquires information indicating that the cursor is located on the hyperlink from the user terminal UT, it acquires the data of the benchmark corresponding location based on the URL included in the information, and transmits the acquired data of the benchmark corresponding location to the user terminal UT. The user terminal UT displays information (such as page numbers) indicating the benchmark corresponding location and the location where the corresponding location is described, for example, in a pop-up manner. The pop-up display is arranged above or near the hyperlink where the cursor is located. The same link destination information as the hyperlink where the cursor is located may be embedded in this pop-up display. Well-known technologies such as JavaScript (registered trademark) can be used as the technology for embedding link destination information in the pop-up display. In this case, when the pop-up display is clicked, the same processing as when the above hyperlink is selected is performed. In addition, the display mode of the content described in the benchmark corresponding part when the pop-up display is made may be to display the entire page where the corresponding part exists as an image, or it may be to display the corresponding part in text. Also, the pop-up display becomes invisible when the cursor is moved to a position not on the hyperlink.

[0046] FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing, as processing procedures, an information processing method realized by executing an information processing program according to the disclosed technology. As shown in FIG. 7, the information processing method realized by the information processing program includes an evaluation information acquisition procedure ST110 and a classification display procedure ST130. The numbers attached to each processing procedure correspond to the codes of the entities that execute the processing procedure. For example, the evaluation information acquisition procedure ST110 is executed by the evaluation information acquisition unit 110, and the classification display procedure ST130 is executed by the classification display unit 130.

[0047] When the information processing program according to the disclosed technology is executed, the evaluation information acquisition unit 110 executes the evaluation information acquisition procedure ST110, and subsequently the classification display unit 130 executes the classification display procedure ST130.

[0048] The disclosed technology can also be realized as an information processing program. The information processing program according to the disclosed technology causes a computer to execute an evaluation information acquisition procedure ST110 for acquiring ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions for an enterprise, from an evaluation information database DB, and a classification display procedure ST130 for displaying the ESG evaluation information for each item common to the evaluation information by the plurality of evaluation institutions and for each evaluation institution. Further, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may cause a computer to execute the above-described evaluation information extraction procedure (not shown). FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration 200 of the information processing apparatus 100 according to the disclosed technology. As shown in FIG. 8, the hardware configuration 200 of the information processing apparatus 100 includes a communication interface 210, an input / output interface 220, a processor 230, and a memory 240.

[0049] The evaluation information acquisition unit 110 and the classification display unit 130 that constitute the information processing apparatus 100 according to the disclosed technology are realized by a processing circuit. That is, the information processing apparatus 100 includes a processing circuit for executing an evaluation information acquisition procedure ST110 and a classification display procedure ST130. The processing circuit is a processor 230 (also referred to as a CPU, a central processing unit, a processing unit, an arithmetic unit, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, or a DSP) that executes an information processing program stored in the memory 240.

[0050] The functions of the evaluation information acquisition unit 110 and the classification display unit 130 are realized by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. Software and firmware are described as an information processing program and stored in the memory 240. The processing circuit realizes the functions of each part by reading and executing the information processing program stored in the memory 240. That is, the information processing apparatus 100 includes a memory 240 for storing an information processing program that, when executed by the processing circuit, will result in the execution of the evaluation information acquisition procedure ST110 and the classification display procedure ST130. Also, it can be said that these information processing programs cause a computer to execute the procedures or methods of the evaluation information acquisition unit 110 and the classification display unit 130. Here, the memory 240 may be a non-volatile or volatile semiconductor memory such as a RAM, a ROM, a flash memory, or an EPROM. Also, the memory 240 may be in a form including a disk such as a magnetic disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, a compact disk, a mini disk, or a DVD. Further, the memory 240 may be in the form of an HDD or an SSD.

[0051] As described above, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology includes an evaluation information acquisition procedure ST110 for acquiring, from an evaluation information database DB, ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions for a user company, and a classification display procedure ST130 for displaying the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by the plurality of evaluation institutions and for each evaluation institution. This program is for causing a computer to execute these procedures. When the information processing program according to the disclosed technology having such technical features is executed by a computer, it can display in a list the indicators for evaluating each aspect of ESG adopted by each evaluation institution, the details of the indicators, the evaluations made for the indicators, and the evaluation criteria.

[0052] Further, in the classification display procedure ST130, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may allocate ESG evaluation items to different rows in the layout displayed on the display of the user terminal UT, allocate evaluation institutions to different columns in the layout, and display the ESG evaluation information in cells, which are areas specified by rows and columns. As a result, when the information processing program according to the disclosed technology is executed by a computer, it can display the ESG evaluation information in a layout that is easy to analyze.

[0053] Further, in the classification display procedure ST130, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may display the disclosure criteria associated with each of the ESG evaluation items together with the ESG evaluation information. As a result, when the information processing program according to the disclosed technology is executed by a computer, it can display the correspondence between the ESG evaluation items and the disclosure criteria in a layout that is easy to understand.

[0054] Further, in the classification display procedure ST130, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may display the importance levels associated with each of the ESG evaluation items together with the ESG evaluation information. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can be displayed in a layout that enables confirmation of the importance of each ESG evaluation item when executed by a computer.

[0055] In addition, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology defines, for each ESG evaluation item, the ratio with the number of evaluation institutions considering the ESG evaluation item as the numerator and the total number of all evaluation institutions as the denominator as the duplication degree, and in the classification display procedure ST130, it may be configured to display the duplication degree associated with each ESG evaluation item together with the ESG evaluation information. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can be displayed in a layout that enables confirmation of the duplication degree of each ESG evaluation item when executed by a computer.

[0056] Moreover, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may define, for each ESG evaluation item, the ratio with the number of evaluation institutions considering the ESG evaluation item as the numerator and the total number of all evaluation institutions as the denominator as the duplication degree, and determine the importance based on this duplication degree. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can be displayed in a layout that enables confirmation of the importance obtained by an objective method for each ESG evaluation item when executed by a computer.

[0057] Furthermore, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may determine the importance by an objective method based on the duplication degree in the default state. Additionally, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may allow the definition of the importance to be changed according to settings from the user terminal UT. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can flexibly respond to the definition desired by the user while displaying the importance determined by an objective method by default when executed by a computer.

[0058] In addition, in the classification display procedure ST130, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may display the scores of the evaluations for the ESG evaluation items conducted by the evaluation institution at the top position of the corresponding cell together with the ESG evaluation information. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can be executed by a computer to display the scores of the evaluations for the ESG evaluation items in an easy-to-view layout.

[0059] In addition, in the classification display procedure ST130, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may display the achieved items and the unachieved items among the ESG evaluation items in different manners. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can be executed by a computer to display the achieved items and the unachieved items in a layout that is easy to distinguish.

[0060] In addition, in the classification display procedure ST130, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may display the ESG evaluation information of the user company side by side with the ESG-related information of other companies different from the user company. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can be executed by a computer to display the ESG evaluation information of its own company in a layout that allows comparison with the ESG-related information of other companies.

[0061] In addition, in the classification display procedure ST130, the disclosure criteria may be displayed either in a manner of being shown together with the evaluation criteria, or in a manner of being popped up on another window, or both. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can be executed by a computer to display the disclosure criteria in a manner corresponding to the user's preference.

[0062] In addition, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may be capable of performing display processing on ESG evaluation information in the classification display procedure ST130, regardless of whether the ESG evaluation information is expressed as a numerical value or in natural language corresponding to the expression method of evaluation in each evaluation institution. The information processing program according to the disclosed technology may display ESG evaluation information as a numerical value or in natural language, and at this time, the display mode of the corresponding cell may be changed according to whether the ESG evaluation information is displayed as a numerical value or in natural language. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can display ESG evaluation information by being executed by a computer, regardless of the expression method of evaluation in each evaluation institution.

[0063] In addition, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may further input a prompt including the original evaluation information itself, which is the original information about the evaluation performed by the evaluation institution on the user company, or information specifying the original evaluation information, information itself indicating the ESG evaluation items, or information specifying an item table indicating the ESG evaluation items, and a description of an instruction to extract the corresponding location corresponding to the ESG evaluation items from the original evaluation information into a large language model, and cause the computer to execute an evaluation information extraction procedure for extracting ESG evaluation information. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can extract ESG evaluation information from the original evaluation information by being executed by a computer.

[0064] In addition, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology may display the ESG evaluation information corresponding to the date selected by the user terminal UT in the classification display procedure ST130. As a result, the information processing program according to the disclosed technology can display ESG evaluation information corresponding to the date desired by the user by being executed by a computer.

[0065] The information processing apparatus 100 according to the disclosed technology includes an evaluation information acquisition unit 110 that acquires ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions for a user company, from an evaluation information database DB, and a classification display unit 130 that displays the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by the plurality of evaluation institutions and for each evaluation institution. The information processing apparatus 100 according to the disclosed technology having such technical features can list and display the indicators for evaluating each aspect of ESG adopted by each evaluation institution, the details of the indicators, the evaluations made for the indicators, and the evaluation criteria.

[0066] The information processing method according to the disclosed technology is an information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus 100 including an evaluation information acquisition unit 110 and a classification display unit 130. The evaluation information acquisition unit 110 performs an evaluation information acquisition procedure ST110 of acquiring ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation institutions for a user company, from an evaluation information database DB. The classification display unit 130 performs a classification display procedure ST130 of displaying the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by the plurality of evaluation institutions and for each evaluation institution. The information processing method according to the disclosed technology having such technical features can list and display the indicators for evaluating each aspect of ESG adopted by each evaluation institution, the details of the indicators, the evaluations made for the indicators, and the evaluation criteria.

Industrial Applicability

[0067] The information processing apparatus 100, information processing method, and information processing program according to the disclosed technology can be applied to, for example, a web service that provides information related to ESG and have industrial applicability.

Explanation of Signs

[0068] 100 Information processing apparatus, 110 Evaluation information acquisition unit, 130 Classification display unit, 200 Hardware configuration, 210 Communication interface, 220 Input / output interface, 230 Processor, 240 Memory.

Claims

1. an evaluation information acquisition step of acquiring ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information on a user company by a plurality of evaluation agencies, from an evaluation information database; a classification and display step of displaying the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation agencies and for each evaluation agency; on the computer, The ESG evaluation items include items classified into Environment, Social, and Governance, Each of the items classified as Environment, Social, and Governance includes multiple evaluation items. When the plurality of evaluation items are expressed differently by each of the plurality of evaluation agencies, the plurality of evaluation items are expressed in a generalized or standardized expression of the ESG evaluation items. Information processing program.

2. In the classification and display procedure, The ESG evaluation items are assigned to different rows in a layout displayed on a display of a user terminal, The rating agencies are assigned to different columns in the layout; The ESG evaluation information is displayed in a cell, which is an area specified by rows and columns. The information processing program according to claim 1 .

3. In the classification and display step, together with the ESG evaluation information, disclosure standards associated with each of the ESG evaluation items are displayed. The information processing program according to claim 1 .

4. In the classification and display step, an importance level associated with each of the ESG evaluation items is displayed together with the ESG evaluation information. The information processing program according to claim 1 .

5. For each of the ESG evaluation items, a ratio of the number of the evaluation agencies that consider the ESG evaluation item as a numerator to the number of all the evaluation agencies is defined as a multiplicity; In the classification and display step, the overlap degree associated with each of the ESG evaluation items is displayed together with the ESG evaluation information. The information processing program according to claim 1 .

6. For each of the ESG evaluation items, a ratio of the number of the evaluation agencies that consider the ESG evaluation item as a numerator to the number of all the evaluation agencies is defined as a multiplicity; The importance is determined based on the overlap. The information processing program according to claim 4.

7. The importance level is determined based on the definition and displayed in a default state, and the definition can be changed by settings from a user terminal.

7. An information processing program according to claim 6.

8. In the classification and display step, a score for the ESG evaluation item given by an evaluation institution is displayed at the top position of the corresponding cell together with the ESG evaluation information. The information processing program according to claim 2.

9. In the classification and display step, among the ESG evaluation items, items that have been achieved and items that have not been achieved are displayed in different manners. The information processing program according to claim 1 .

10. In the classification and display step, the ESG evaluation information of the user company is displayed alongside ESG-related information of other companies different from the user company. The information processing program according to claim 1 .

11. In the classification and display step, the disclosure criteria is displayed in either one of a form in which the disclosure criteria are displayed together with the ESG evaluation information or a form in which the disclosure criteria are displayed as a pop-up in a separate window, or both. The information processing program according to claim 3.

12. In the classification and display step, the ESG evaluation information is displayed as a numerical value or a natural language, changing a display mode of the corresponding cell depending on whether the ESG evaluation information is displayed numerically or in natural language; The information processing program according to claim 2.

13. Furthermore, the method further comprises inputting into a large-scale language model a prompt including: original evaluation information itself, which is original information regarding the evaluation made by the evaluation agency to the user company, or information specifying the original evaluation information; information indicating the ESG evaluation items itself or information specifying an item table indicating the ESG evaluation items; and a description of an instruction to extract corresponding portions corresponding to the ESG evaluation items from the original evaluation information, to cause the computer to execute an evaluation information extraction procedure for extracting the ESG evaluation information; The information processing program according to claim 1 .

14. In the classification and display step, the ESG evaluation information is displayed according to a date selected by a user terminal. The information processing program according to claim 1 .

15. an evaluation information acquisition step of acquiring ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information on a user company by a plurality of evaluation agencies, from an evaluation information database; a classification and display step of displaying the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation agencies and for each evaluation agency; on the computer, In the classification and display step, together with the ESG evaluation information, disclosure standards associated with each of the ESG evaluation items are displayed. Information processing program.

16. an evaluation information acquisition unit that acquires ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information on a user company by a plurality of evaluation agencies, from an evaluation information database; a classification display unit that displays the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to the evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation agencies and for each evaluation agency, The ESG evaluation items include items classified into Environment, Social, and Governance, Each of the items classified as Environment, Social, and Governance includes multiple evaluation items. When the plurality of evaluation items are expressed differently by each of the plurality of evaluation agencies, the plurality of evaluation items are expressed in a generalized or standardized expression of the ESG evaluation items. Information processing device.

17. An information processing method executed by an information processing device including an evaluation information acquisition unit and a classification display unit, an evaluation information acquisition step in which the evaluation information acquisition unit acquires ESG evaluation information, which is evaluation information on user companies by a plurality of evaluation agencies, from an evaluation information database; a classification display step in which the classification display unit displays the ESG evaluation information for each ESG evaluation item common to evaluation information by a plurality of evaluation agencies and for each evaluation agency; The ESG evaluation items include items classified into Environment, Social, and Governance, Each of the items classified as Environment, Social, and Governance includes multiple evaluation items. When the plurality of evaluation items are expressed differently by each of the plurality of evaluation agencies, the plurality of evaluation items are expressed in a generalized or standardized expression of the ESG evaluation items. Information processing methods.

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