Information processing system, information processing method and program

Abstract

To enable grasping an emission state of greenhouse gas.SOLUTION: An information processing system includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring emission information including at least information on a type related to emission of greenhouse gas due to an entrepreneur constituting an upstream or a downstream in a supply chain; a storage unit for storing the acquired emission information; an input unit for inputting, with voice, information corresponding to a first entrepreneur; an information generation unit for generating information on a type corresponding to the first entrepreneur on the basis of the information on a type related to emission matching or similar to the information corresponding to the first entrepreneur; and a presentation unit for presenting the information on a type corresponding to the first entrepreneur.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

[Technical Field]

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

[0002] The amount of carbon dioxide and other emissions has been calculated (see Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-164754 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] It is necessary to understand the greenhouse gas emissions situation throughout the entire supply chain.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and aims to provide a technique that can grasp the state of greenhouse gas emissions. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The information processing system according to this aspect includes: an acquisition unit that acquires emission information including at least type-specific information regarding greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of the supply chain; a storage unit that stores the acquired discharge information; an input unit for inputting information corresponding to the first business entity by voice; an information generating unit that generates information of a type corresponding to the first business entity based on information of a type related to the discharge that matches or is similar to information corresponding to the first business entity; a presentation unit that presents information of a type corresponding to the first business entity; The present invention is characterized by comprising:

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

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to grasp the state of greenhouse gas emissions. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the hardware configuration of a management server 200. [Figure 3] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the software configuration of a management server 200. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an operation 1 of the information processing system. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an operation 2 of the information processing system. [Figure 6] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an operation 3 of the information processing system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] <System Overview> 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system of this embodiment is configured to include a management server 200. The management server 200 is communicably connected to a user terminal 100 via a communication network 300. The communication network 300 is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed using a public telephone network, a mobile phone network, a wireless communication path, Ethernet (registered trademark), etc.

[0011] The user terminal 100 is a computer operated by a user of a business entity such as a company that generates waste. The user terminal 100 can be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, or a personal computer. The user can access the management server 200 using the user terminal 100 and calculate the amount of waste generated.

[0012] The management server 200 is a computer that calculates and manages emissions. The management server 200 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

[0013] <Administration Server> FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the management server 200. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may also be used. The management server 200 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, and an output device 206. The storage device 203 stores various data and programs. For example, it may be a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, or a flash memory. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 300. For example, it may be an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone network, a wireless communication device for wireless communication, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector or an RS232C connector for serial communication, etc. The input device 205 inputs data. For example, it may be a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, etc. The output device 206 outputs data. For example, it may be a display, a printer, a speaker, etc. Each functional unit of the management server 200 described below is realized by the CPU 201 reading a program stored in the storage device 203 into the memory 202 and executing it, and each storage unit of the management server 200 is realized as part of the storage area provided by the memory 202 and the storage device 203.

[0014] 3 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the management server 200. Note that the configuration shown in the figure is an example, and other configurations may be used. The management server 200 includes an emission coefficient storage unit 231, a scale information storage unit 232, an activity amount acquisition unit 211, an emission amount calculation unit 212, an emission coefficient presentation unit 213, an information acquisition unit 214, an information generation unit 215, an information presentation unit 216, and an information input unit 217.

[0015] The emission coefficient storage unit 231 stores, for each business entity, an emission coefficient for calculating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by that business entity. The emission coefficient storage unit 231 can store emission coefficients in association with information (activity details) that identifies the business entity and the activities of the business entity. The emission coefficient storage unit 231 can also store the emission coefficient of the business entity itself.

[0016] The scale information storage unit 232 stores, for each business entity, scale information indicating the scale of the business entity. In this embodiment, the scale of the business entity is at least one of sales scale and asset scale. The sales scale and asset scale may be numerical values. In this embodiment, the scale information includes the sales amount and asset value of the business entity in association with the business entity ID indicating the business entity. The scale information storage unit 232 stores first information and second information, which will be described later. The first information and the second information may be combined to form total information, and this total information may be stored in the scale information storage unit 232. Note that the first information and the second information may be stored using a storage unit other than the scale information storage unit 232.

[0017] The activity amount acquisition unit 211 acquires the activity amount of the business entity. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 can accept input of the activity amount of the company. Furthermore, the activity amount acquisition unit 211 can acquire the activity amount of the company from the company's accounting system, business system, etc.

[0018] The activity amount acquisition unit 211 can also acquire an activity amount by a first business entity (supplier) that constitutes an upstream or downstream of the supply chain. The activity amount acquisition unit 211 may, for example, accept an input of the activity amount, or may acquire the activity amount from an information processing device of the supplier.

[0019] The emission calculation unit 212 calculates the amount of greenhouse gas emissions. The emission calculation unit 212 may calculate the emission amount of its own company. The emission calculation unit 212 can also calculate the emission amount of a supplier. The emission calculation unit 212 can calculate the amount of emissions by a supplier by reading out an emission coefficient corresponding to the supplier from the emission coefficient storage unit 231 and multiplying the activity amount of the supplier acquired by the activity amount acquisition unit 211 by the read-out emission coefficient.

[0020] If the supplier's emissions are not registered, the emission coefficient presentation unit 213 presents the emission coefficients of other business entities similar to the supplier. The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 transmits the presented emission coefficients to the user terminal 100 and can receive instructions from the user terminal 100 regarding the emission coefficient to be adopted. The user terminal 100 can adopt the presented emission coefficient, can input an emission coefficient that the user terminal 100 knows, or can adopt a standard emission coefficient provided by the Ministry of the Environment or the like. The emission calculation unit 212 can calculate the emission amount using the emission coefficient instructed by the user terminal 100.

[0021] The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 reads out scale information corresponding to the supplier from the scale information storage unit 232, and further refers to the scale information storage unit 232 to identify second business entities (other suppliers) corresponding to scale information that matches or is similar to the read-out scale information, and reads out emission coefficients corresponding to the identified other suppliers from the emission coefficient storage unit 231. The similarity of scale information can be determined by whether or not the difference in sales and / or asset amount falls within a predetermined range. The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 may read out emission coefficients corresponding to the identified other suppliers and activities from the emission coefficient storage unit 231. The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 can present the read-out emission coefficients. The second business entities are one or more other suppliers.

[0022] The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 may identify other suppliers with similar scale information related to the activity. In this case, the scale information stored in the scale information storage unit 232 includes sales and / or asset amounts by activity (for example, by product, service, etc.). The emission coefficient presentation unit 213 can read out from the emission coefficient storage unit 231 other suppliers with the same or similar scale information related to the activity, and the emission coefficients corresponding to the activity.

[0023] The information acquisition unit 214 acquires first information and second information. The first information is information that includes at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream in the supply chain. The first information is, for example, a report that describes information related to emissions (hereinafter, an emission report), a group of information that shows multiple external findings, etc. The first information is also referred to as emission information. Examples of emission reports include TCFD reports, CDP reports, and sustainability reports, but other reports may also be used. Information related to greenhouse gas emissions is, for example, information that shows emissions amounts, information on the contents to be described in an emission report, information that shows internal and external findings, etc.

[0024] The second information is information that indicates at least the attributes of the business entity (supplier). The second information includes, for example, scale information, attribute information of each supplier, information on the type of business, greenhouse gas emission registration information, information on future targets, industry information as attribute information of suppliers, information on industry trends, customer information, information mapping accounting items and emission intensity, information on guidelines related to the GHG Protocol, information on internal and external knowledge such as information mapping accounting items and emission factors accumulated in the past, and various other information. The second information may be a variable.

[0025] Methods by which the information acquisition unit 214 acquires this information include a method of acquiring information input from one or more user terminals 100 and a method by which the management server 200 acquires information. In the case of a method by which the management server 200 acquires information, the size information of the second business entity, information related to emissions, etc. is acquired based on attribute information corresponding to the first business entity, etc. For example, if the attribute information corresponding to the first business entity is transportation, the size information of the second business entity, which is transportation information, and information related to emissions are acquired. The information related to emissions (also referred to as information on emission types) is, for example, information on greenhouse gas emissions, information indicating Scopes 1 to 3, information indicating Categories 1 to 15 of Scope 3, etc. The information acquisition unit 214 and the activity amount acquisition unit 211 may be a single acquisition unit rather than separate acquisition units. Furthermore, the information related to emissions may be information to be included in an emission report, etc.

[0026] The information generation unit 215 reads second information corresponding to the first business entity (e.g., transportation information, which is the company's attribute information) from the scale information storage unit 232, references the scale information storage unit 232, identifies a second business entity (e.g., another transportation supplier) corresponding to second information that matches or is similar to the read second information, reads emissions-related information corresponding to the identified second business entity (e.g., information on the content to be included in the TCFD report) from the scale information storage unit 232, and generates third information (e.g., a TCFD report reflecting the review results or a new TCFD report) that differs from the first information and the second information based on the read emissions-related information. The third information reflects the content to be included in the emissions report of the second business entity. In other words, the third information is information created based on emissions reports of other suppliers, and the management server 200 stores emissions reports of multiple other suppliers and generates the third information based on this information. The generated third information may also be the emissions report itself. In this case, the information generation unit 215 creates a new emissions report. Furthermore, the third information may be information on emissions of the second business entity, information indicating Scopes 1 to 3, information suggesting Categories 1 to 15 of Scope 3, or the like.

[0027] The information generation unit 215 may also read information corresponding to a first business entity (e.g., information about a question) from the scale information storage unit 232, refer to the scale information storage unit 232, identify a second business entity (e.g., another supplier) corresponding to second information that matches or is similar to the read information corresponding to the first business entity, read information related to emissions corresponding to the identified second business entity (e.g., information about external knowledge) from the scale information storage unit 232, and generate third information (e.g., information about an answer to a question) different from the first information and the second information based on the read information related to emissions. Note that the information generation unit 215 may also identify a second business entity (e.g., another supplier) corresponding to second information that matches or is similar to the information corresponding to the first business entity, read combined information (e.g., information combining internal knowledge and external knowledge) that combines the information related to emissions corresponding to the identified second business entity with the information related to emissions corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, and generate third information (e.g., information about an answer to a question) different from the first information and the second information based on the read information related to emissions. The third information is information of an answer to a question, such as information indicating a scope, information indicating a category, or information indicating a reason. Furthermore, the third information may be information of a suggestion to the question. Furthermore, the third information may be an answer to the question and a suggestion to the question.

[0028] Furthermore, the information corresponding to the first business entity may be, for example, information in which a user maps the scope and / or category of an accounting item to an emission coefficient. In this case, the information generation unit 215 reads information corresponding to the first business entity (e.g., information in which the scope and / or category of an accounting item is mapped to an emission coefficient) from the scale information storage unit 232, refers to the scale information storage unit 232, identifies a second business entity (e.g., another supplier) corresponding to second information that matches or is similar to the read information corresponding to the first business entity, reads information related to emissions (e.g., external knowledge information) corresponding to the identified second business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, and generates third information (e.g., knowledge about the mapped information) different from the first information and the second information based on the read information related to emissions. The third information may be information in which accounting items are mapped to emission intensity units, information in which scopes and / or categories are mapped to emission coefficients, or the like.

[0029] The information presentation unit 216 presents the third information. The information presentation unit 216 transmits the third information to be presented to the user terminal 100, and displays the third information on the user terminal 100. The third information transmitted to the user terminal 100 can be edited and processed on the user terminal 100. The information presentation unit 216 will be described as having a different function from the emission coefficient presentation unit 213, but may have the same function, in which case it will be referred to as a presentation unit.

[0030] The information input unit 217 inputs information corresponding to the first business entity input from the user terminal 100 to the management server 200. The management server 200 acquires the input information corresponding to the first business entity using the information acquisition unit 214. The information corresponding to the first business entity is, for example, information regarding an inquiry such as a question.

[0031] Furthermore, when a user inputs information about an emission report created by their own company into the management server 200 using the user terminal 100, the review results (third information) may be displayed. In this case, the emission report created by their own company is the first information. It is also preferable that the emission report created by their own company includes the second information. The management server 200 generates review results, which are information about the items to be written that are necessary for the user's emission report and information about content that should be added or corrected in the emission report, based on the emission reports of multiple other suppliers that it has acquired, and presents an emission report that reflects the review results. The emission report information may also be input by inputting character information via OCR. In this way, multiple types of emission reports can be easily acquired.

[0032] <Operation> FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation 1 of the information processing system.

[0033] The management server 200 acquires the activity amount of the corresponding supplier for each activity for which emissions are to be calculated (for example, each of the raw materials procured by the company) (S301). The management server 200 may, for example, send a request to the supplier and receive the activity amount from the supplier's user terminal 100, or may receive the activity amount from the company's own user terminal 100, or may acquire the activity amount from the supplier's business system, etc. The management server 200 acquires the emission coefficient corresponding to the supplier and the activity from the emission coefficient storage unit 231 (S302).

[0034] If an emission coefficient cannot be acquired (S303: NO), the management server 200 reads out size information corresponding to the supplier from the size information storage unit 232 (S304). The management server 200 may acquire size information (sales and / or asset value) related to the supplier and activity corresponding to the activity. The management server 200 identifies other suppliers similar to the acquired size information from the size information storage unit 232 (S305), and reads out emission coefficients corresponding to the other suppliers and activities from the emission coefficient storage unit 231 (S306). If an emission coefficient corresponding to another supplier and activity has not been registered, the management server 200 can repeat the process from S305. The management server 200 transmits the read-out emission coefficient to the user terminal 100 (S307), and receives a designation of the emission coefficient to be used from the user terminal 100 (S308).

[0035] The management server 200 can calculate the amount of emissions by multiplying the emission coefficient by the amount of activity (S309).

[0036] In this way, for suppliers whose emission coefficients are unknown, the emission coefficients of other suppliers of a similar scale can be presented to the user. The user can use the emission coefficients of other suppliers related to their own company that are similar to theirs, instead of using secondary data.

[0037] In this embodiment, other suppliers with similar scale information to that of the supplier are identified, but other suppliers with the same or similar industry and scale (sales, asset value) as the supplier may also be identified. In this case, the scale information may include the industry of the business entity, or an industry storage unit may be provided that stores the industry of the business entity.

[0038] FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a second operation of the information processing system.

[0039] The management server 200 acquires first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream in the supply chain for each activity for which emissions are to be calculated (e.g., each of the raw materials procured by the company) (S501). The management server 200 also acquires second information indicating at least the attributes of the business entities (S502). Next, the management server 200 stores the acquired first information and second information in the scale information storage unit 232 (S503). Next, the management server 200 reads out second information corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit 232 (S504). Next, the management server 200 refers to the scale information storage unit 232 and identifies a second business entity corresponding to second information that matches or is similar to the read second information (S505). Next, the management server 200 reads out emission-related information corresponding to the identified second business entity from the scale information storage unit 232, and generates third information based on the read emission-related information (S506). Next, the management server 200 presents the third information (S507).

[0040] In operation 2, the management server 200 may calculate information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream in the supply chain. This calculation is performed by the emission amount calculation unit. Operation 1 and operation 2 may also be combined.

[0041] An increasing number of companies are disclosing information related to greenhouse gas emissions. Creating an emissions report requires specialized knowledge and know-how, but businesses (especially small and medium-sized enterprises) that lack this expertise often find themselves unsure of the types of information they should compile or what information to include when creating an emissions report, forcing them to rely on consultants with expertise in this field. While it's possible to create your own emissions report by referencing emissions reports disclosed by other companies in the same industry, compiling and organizing the information your company needs from those reports can be a significant time-consuming and time-consuming process.

[0042] According to operation 2, an information processing system can be provided that includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first information (e.g., a TCFD report) including information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities upstream or downstream of the supply chain (e.g., information to be included in a TCFD report); second information indicating the attributes of the business entities (e.g., transportation information as attribute information of a supplier); an information generation unit that generates third information (e.g., a new TCFD report, a TCFD report reflecting review results) based on information related to emissions of a second business entity (another supplier) that matches or is similar to the second information (transportation information) corresponding to the first business entity; and a presentation unit that presents the third information.

[0043] In this way, by simply inputting the prerequisites such as the first information and the second information, an emission report format suited to the user is provided, so even businesses without specialized knowledge or know-how can easily create emission reports.In addition, the information processing system reviews the report based on many published emission reports, which improves the accuracy of the emission reports created in-house.

[0044] FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating operation 3 of the information processing system.

[0045] The management server 200 acquires first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that constitute the upstream or downstream of the supply chain for each activity for which emissions are to be calculated (e.g., each of the raw materials procured by the company) (S601). The management server 200 also acquires second information indicating at least the attributes of the business entities (S602). Next, the management server 200 stores the acquired first information and second information in the scale information storage unit 232 (S603). Next, the management server 200 reads out the second information corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit 232 (S604). Next, the management server 200 acquires information corresponding to the first business entity (S605). "Acquiring information corresponding to the first business entity" refers to storing information corresponding to the first business entity input from the user terminal 100 in a storage unit (e.g., the scale information storage unit 232) and reading out and acquiring this stored information. Next, the management server 200 refers to the scale information storage unit 232 and identifies a second business entity corresponding to second information that matches or is similar to the read first business entity (S606). Next, the management server 200 reads out, from the scale information storage unit 232, information related to emissions that corresponds to the identified second business entity, and generates third information based on the read out information related to emissions (S607). Next, the management server 200 presents the third information (S608).

[0046] In operation 3, the management server 200 may calculate information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream in the supply chain. This calculation is performed by the emission amount calculation unit. Operation 3 may also be combined with operations 1 and 2.

[0047] Companies are using FAQs and chatbots as a way to reduce the amount of work required to respond to customer questions (inquiries).However, because conventional FAQs and chatbots can only respond to pre-defined patterns, they may not be able to elicit the answers or solutions that the questioner is truly looking for.

[0048] According to operation 3, an information processing system can be provided, which includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first information (e.g., group information of internal knowledge) including at least information (e.g., internal knowledge) related to greenhouse gas emissions by multiple business entities constituting upstream or downstream of a supply chain; second information (e.g., external knowledge information such as customer information) indicating at least attributes of the business entities; a storage unit (e.g., a scale information storage unit) that stores the acquired first information and second information; an input unit that inputs information corresponding to the first business entity (e.g., question information); an information generation unit that generates third information (e.g., information of an answer to the question) based on information related to emissions by a second business entity (another supplier) that matches or is similar to the information corresponding to the first business entity; and a presentation unit that presents the third information. Note that the input unit includes a voice input unit that enables voice input via a microphone or the like. The voice input unit starts voice input upon detecting pressing of a voice input start button. After starting voice input, the voice input unit ends voice input upon detecting pressing of the voice input start button again. The voice input may be terminated upon detecting the pressing of a voice input termination button. The voice input may also be terminated upon an interruption of the voice, or upon the passage of a predetermined time from the start of the voice input. The information input from the voice input unit is acquired by the acquisition unit and stored in the storage unit.

[0049] Furthermore, according to operation 3, it is possible to provide an information processing system including: an acquisition unit that acquires emission information (e.g., group information of information indicating scope) including at least type information (e.g., information indicating scope) regarding greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of the supply chain; a storage unit (e.g., a scale information storage unit) that stores the acquired emission information; an input unit that inputs information corresponding to a first business entity (e.g., question information); an information generation unit that generates type information corresponding to the first business entity (e.g., information indicating scope, information indicating category, and information on the reason as information in response to the question) based on type information regarding emissions that matches or is similar to the information corresponding to the first business entity (e.g., information indicating scope, information indicating category), and a presentation unit that presents the type information corresponding to the first business entity. Note that the type information corresponding to the first business entity is also third information.

[0050] By combining publicly available external expert knowledge with internal knowledge such as customer data accumulated within the company, it becomes possible to extract the answers and solutions that the customer asking the question is truly looking for, and to automatically respond to inquiries with high accuracy.

[0051] The second information may be information indicating customer attributes. Examples of information indicating customer attributes include industry, sales, sales by business, market segment, number of employees, business region, business content, and products and services sold, manufactured, and provided. The second information may also be information on sustainability initiatives. Examples of information on sustainability initiatives include climate change-related goals, internal strategies and structures, and numerical targets. The second information may also be information on external factors, such as competitor information and information related to customer trends. These pieces of information may also be used as the first information. In this way, providing many types of first information and second information makes it easier to create the third information.

[0052] The activity amount acquisition unit 211, emission amount calculation unit 212, emission coefficient presentation unit 213, information acquisition unit 214, information generation unit 215, information presentation unit 216, and information input unit 217 of the management server 200 may be implemented by a system with self-learning artificial intelligence. This system may also be tuned to learn acquired information such as information indicating the scope, information indicating the category, and information indicating the reason. By doing so, documents published by the WBCSD or the Ministry of the Environment or an internal customer database can be loaded into the management server 200. When a customer inputs prerequisites (such as industry, product, or service), the system can automatically generate an optimal answer for the customer from the learned information. It is also possible to load information in multiple languages. Questions and answers can also be entered and answered in multiple languages. A multilingual system allows anyone to easily obtain the information they want.

[0053] Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention may be modified or improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention.

[0054] <Disclosures> The present disclosure also includes the following configurations. [Item 1] an emission coefficient storage unit that stores an emission coefficient for calculating greenhouse gas emissions for each business entity; a scale information storage unit that stores, for each of the business entities, scale information indicating at least one of sales scale and asset scale; an acquisition unit that acquires activity data of a first business entity that constitutes an upstream or downstream part of a supply chain; an emission calculation unit that calculates the emission amount by the first business entity by multiplying the emission coefficient corresponding to the first business entity by the activity amount; a presentation unit that, when the emission coefficient corresponding to the first business entity is not registered, reads out the scale information corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit, refers to the scale information storage unit, identifies a second business entity corresponding to the scale information that matches or is similar to the read-out scale information, reads out the emission coefficient corresponding to the identified second business entity from the emission coefficient storage unit, and presents the read-out emission coefficient; An information processing system comprising: [Item 2] Item 1, an information processing system according to item 1, The sales scale and the asset scale are numerical values, the presentation unit identifies the second business entity corresponding to the scale information stored in the scale information storage unit, the difference between which is within a predetermined range from the read scale information; An information processing system characterized by: [Item 3] Item 1, an information processing system according to item 1, the emission coefficient storage unit stores the emission coefficient in association with the business entity and the activity by the business entity; the scale information storage unit stores the scale information in association with the activity; the emission calculation unit acquires the emission coefficient corresponding to the first business entity and the activity related to the amount of activity; the presentation unit refers to the scale information storage unit to identify a second business entity that corresponds to the scale information that matches or is similar to the scale information of the first business entity and the activity, and reads out the emission coefficient that corresponds to the identified second business entity and the activity from the emission coefficient storage unit; An information processing system characterized by: [Item 4] storing an emission coefficient for calculating greenhouse gas emissions for each business entity in an emission coefficient storage unit; storing, for each of the business entities, scale information indicating at least one of sales scale and asset scale in a scale information storage unit; acquiring an amount of activity by a first business entity that constitutes an upstream or downstream of the supply chain; calculating the amount of emissions by the first business entity by multiplying the activity amount by the emission factor corresponding to the first business entity; When the emission coefficient corresponding to the first business entity is not registered, reading out the scale information corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit, referring to the scale information storage unit, identifying a second business entity corresponding to the scale information that matches or is similar to the read-out scale information, reading out the emission coefficient corresponding to the identified second business entity from the emission coefficient storage unit, and presenting the read-out emission coefficient; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 5] storing an emission coefficient for calculating greenhouse gas emissions for each business entity in an emission coefficient storage unit; storing, for each of the business entities, scale information indicating at least one of sales scale and asset scale in a scale information storage unit; acquiring an amount of activity by a first business entity that constitutes an upstream or downstream of the supply chain; calculating the amount of emissions by the first business entity by multiplying the activity amount by the emission factor corresponding to the first business entity; When the emission coefficient corresponding to the first business entity is not registered, reading out the scale information corresponding to the first business entity from the scale information storage unit, referring to the scale information storage unit, identifying a second business entity corresponding to the scale information that matches or is similar to the read-out scale information, reading out the emission coefficient corresponding to the identified second business entity from the emission coefficient storage unit, and presenting the read-out emission coefficient; A program that causes a computer to execute the following. [Item 6] an acquisition unit that acquires first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information that indicates at least attributes of the business entities; an information generating unit that generates third information based on information related to the emissions of a second business entity that matches or is similar to the second information corresponding to the first business entity; a presentation unit that presents the third information; An information processing system comprising: [Item 7] acquiring first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; generating third information based on information related to the emissions of a second business entity that matches or is similar to the second information corresponding to the first business entity; presenting the third information; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 8] acquiring first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; generating third information based on information related to the emissions of a second business entity that matches or is similar to the second information corresponding to the first business entity; presenting the third information; A program that causes a computer to execute the following. [Item 9] an acquisition unit that acquires first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information that indicates at least attributes of the business entities; a storage unit that stores the acquired first information and second information; an input unit for inputting information corresponding to the first business entity; an information generating unit that generates third information based on information related to the emissions of a second business entity that matches or is similar to information corresponding to the first business entity; a presentation unit that presents the third information; An information processing system comprising: [Item 10] acquiring first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; storing the acquired first information and second information in a storage unit; inputting information corresponding to a first business entity; generating third information based on information related to the emissions of a second business entity that matches or is similar to information corresponding to the first business entity; presenting the third information; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 11] acquiring first information including at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information indicating at least attributes of the business entities; storing the acquired first information and second information in a storage unit; inputting information corresponding to a first business entity; generating third information based on information related to the emissions of a second business entity that matches or is similar to information corresponding to the first business entity; presenting the third information; A program that causes a computer to execute the following. [Item 12] an acquisition unit that acquires emission information including at least type-specific information regarding greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of the supply chain; a storage unit that stores the acquired discharge information; an input unit for inputting information corresponding to the first business entity; an information generating unit that generates information of a type corresponding to the first business entity based on information of a type related to the discharge that matches or is similar to information corresponding to the first business entity; a presentation unit that presents information of a type corresponding to the first business entity; An information processing system comprising: [Item 13] acquiring emission information including at least type-specific information regarding greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of the supply chain; storing the obtained discharge information in a storage unit; inputting information corresponding to a first business entity; generating information of a type corresponding to the first business entity based on information of a type related to the discharge that matches or is similar to information of the type corresponding to the first business entity; presenting information of a type corresponding to the first business entity; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. [Item 14] acquiring emission information including at least type-specific information regarding greenhouse gas emissions by business entities that are upstream or downstream of the supply chain; storing the obtained discharge information in a storage unit; inputting information corresponding to a first business entity; generating information of a type corresponding to the first business entity based on information of a type related to the discharge that matches or is similar to information of the type corresponding to the first business entity; presenting information of a type corresponding to the first business entity; A program that causes a computer to execute the following. [Explanation of symbols]

[0055] 100 user terminals 200 Management Server 211 Activity data acquisition department 212 Emissions Calculation Department 213 Emission Factor Presentation Section 214 Information Acquisition Department 215 Information generation section 216 Information Presentation Department 217 Information Input Section 231 Emission coefficient memory section 232 Scale information storage unit

Claims

1. an acquisition unit that acquires first information, which is information at least related to greenhouse gas emissions by a plurality of business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information, which is information indicating at least the attributes of the business entities; a storage unit that stores the acquired first information and second information; an input unit for inputting a question including information corresponding to the first business entity by voice; an information generation unit that identifies a second business entity corresponding to second information that is identical to or similar to the information corresponding to the first business entity, reads out information related to emissions corresponding to the identified second business entity from the storage unit, and generates third information based on the read out information related to emissions of the second business entity; a presentation unit that presents the third information; Equipped with the third information is information indicating a scope, information indicating a category, and information indicating a reason as answer information to the question; An information processing system characterized by:

2. acquiring first information that includes at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by multiple business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information that indicates at least attributes of the business entities; storing the acquired first information and second information in a storage unit; inputting a question by voice including information corresponding to the first business entity; Identifying a second business entity corresponding to second information that is identical to or similar to the information corresponding to the first business entity, reading out information related to emissions corresponding to the identified second business entity from the storage unit, and generating third information based on the read information related to emissions of the second business entity; the third information is information indicating a scope, information indicating a category, and information indicating a reason as answer information to the question, and presenting the third information; An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer.

3. acquiring first information that includes at least information related to greenhouse gas emissions by multiple business entities that are upstream or downstream of a supply chain, and second information that indicates at least attributes of the business entities; storing the acquired first information and second information in a storage unit; inputting a question by voice including information corresponding to the first business entity; Identifying a second business entity corresponding to second information that is identical to or similar to the information corresponding to the first business entity, reading out information related to emissions corresponding to the identified second business entity from the storage unit, and generating third information based on the read information related to emissions of the second business entity; the third information is information indicating a scope, information indicating a category, and information indicating a reason as answer information to the question, and presenting the third information; A program that causes a computer to execute the following.

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