Social Value Evaluation Apparatus Real-Time ESG Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

ESG indices used for evaluating corporate social responsibility are based on outdated public information, lack transparency in rating processes, and fail to reflect actual corporate activities due to subjective external evaluations, making it difficult to correlate with daily financial information.

Innovation Solution

A social value evaluation device that generates feature values from text information, evaluates their relevance, and outputs an evaluation result, allowing for real-time assessment of corporate activities using text data from press releases, news, and social networking services, while correlating with financial metrics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If ESG indices are determined based on publicly available company information updated annually, then the evaluation process can be conducted using readily accessible data, but the relevance between ESG indices and daily financial information cannot be clearly rated

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccessibility of evaluation dataVSAvoidtimeliness of evaluation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-generates feature values from text information on social value evaluation in advance, creating a reusable knowledge base that can be quickly applied to evaluate companies without requiring real-time analysis of all evaluation criteria

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses text information from multiple sources (press releases, news articles, social networking services) to create representative feature values that capture the essence of corporate social activities, allowing evaluation based on processed information copies rather than raw data analysis

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Ease of manufacture

If ESG indices are determined by external consultants using subjective evaluation, then the evaluation can be completed with available resources, but it is not clear whether ESG policies reflect the actual corporate activities

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefeasibility of evaluation processVSAvoidaccuracy of social value assessment

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an automated text analysis intermediary that processes corporate communications and publicly available information to generate objective feature values, mediating between subjective human evaluation and actual corporate activities

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors and analyzes text information from multiple sources, providing feedback loops that update feature values based on new corporate activities and communications, ensuring evaluation reflects current actual practices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If detailed rating schema and processes are not disclosed, then the evaluation methodology can be protected as proprietary, but transparency and trustworthiness of the evaluation are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility of evaluation systemVSAvoidtransparency of evaluation process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the evaluation process into distinct functional modules (text information acquisition, feature value generation, evaluation, and output), allowing transparency in process structure while maintaining flexibility in implementation details of each segment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20240127366A1Social value evaluation apparatus, social value evaluation method and program

Publication Date: 2024.04.18 NT T INC

AI summary

Provided is a social value evaluation device, including:a feature value generation unit configured to generate a feature value from text information on social value evaluation;an input unit configured to input text information on an evaluation target;an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a relevance between the feature value and the text information input by the input unit; andan output unit configured to output an evaluation result from the evaluation unit.