WO2024053561A1 - Information processing system, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To make it possible to manage documented evidence relating to the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions. [Solution] This information processing system is characterized by comprising: a documented evidence acquisition unit that acquires documented evidence data in which fundamental data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions is indicated; a fundamental data acquisition unit that reads the fundamental data from the documented evidence data; a documented evidence data storage unit that stores the documented evidence data; an emissions calculation unit that calculates emissions on the basis of the fundamental data; a correspondence database that stores information identifying the emissions and the documented evidence data in association with each other; and a documented evidence output unit that receives designation of information identifying emissions, identifies the documented evidence data corresponding to the designated emissions from the correspondence database, reads the identified documented evidence data from the documented evidence data storage unit, and outputs the identified documented evidence data.

Description

Information processing system, information processing method and program

The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program.

Emissions of carbon dioxide, etc. have been calculated (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2007-164754

It is necessary to manage evidence to verify the data that is the basis for calculating emissions.

The present invention was made in view of this background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technology that can manage evidence related to calculation of greenhouse gas emissions.

The main invention of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is an information processing system, which includes: an evidence acquisition unit that acquires evidence data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions; a basic data acquisition unit that reads the basic data from data; a voucher data storage unit that stores the voucher data; an emissions calculation unit that calculates the emissions based on the basic data; and information that specifies the emissions. and a corresponding database that stores information that specifies the evidence data in a linked manner, and receives a specification of information that specifies the emission amount, and specifies the evidence data that corresponds to the specified emission amount from the corresponding database; The apparatus is characterized by comprising a voucher output unit that reads the identified voucher data from the voucher data storage unit and outputs it.

Other problems disclosed in the present application and methods for solving them will be clarified by the section of the embodiments of the invention and the drawings.

According to the present invention, it is possible to manage evidence related to calculation of greenhouse gas emissions.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to a first embodiment. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a server device 2. FIG. It is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the server device 2 according to the first embodiment. It is a figure explaining the flow of calculation processing of the discharge amount in the information processing system of the first embodiment. It is a figure explaining the flow of output processing of evidence data in an information processing system of a first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to a second embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of software composition of server device 2 concerning a second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the flow of a discharge amount calculation process in the information processing system of the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the flow of accounting data output processing in the information processing system of the second embodiment.

<<First embodiment>>
<System overview>
The information processing system according to the first embodiment will be described below. The information processing system of the first embodiment is intended to manage evidence data that proves data used to calculate emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to the first embodiment. The information processing system of the first embodiment is configured to include a server device 2. The server device 2 is communicably connected to the user terminal 1 via a communication network. The communication network is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed using a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication channel, Ethernet (registered trademark), and the like.

The server device 2 is a computer that calculates greenhouse gas emissions. The server device 2 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

The user terminal 1 is a computer used by a user, such as a smartphone, a tablet computer, or a personal computer. The user operates the user terminal 1 to access the server device 2 and have the amount of greenhouse gas emissions calculated.

<Server device 2>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the server device 2. As shown in FIG. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may be used. The server device 2 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, and an output device 206. The storage device 203 stores various data and programs, and is, for example, a hard disk drive, solid state drive, flash memory, or the like. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 3, and includes, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone line network, and a wireless communication device for performing wireless communication. , a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector, an RS232C connector, etc. for serial communication. The input device 205 is, for example, a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, button, microphone, or the like for inputting data. The output device 206 outputs data, such as a display, printer, or speaker. Note that each functional unit of the server device 2, which will be described later, is realized by the CPU 201 reading out a program stored in the storage device 203 into the memory 202 and executing it. It is realized as part of the storage area provided by.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the server device 2. The server device 2 includes a voucher data storage section 231, a correspondence database 232, a voucher acquisition section 211, a basic data acquisition section 212, a discharge amount calculation section 213, and a voucher output section 214.

The evidence acquisition unit 211 acquires evidence data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions. The basic data can be, for example, at least one of an amount of activity and an emission factor.

The evidence data related to the amount of activity is, for example, data representing evidence such as invoices, receipts, and contracts. Examples of evidence related to Scope 1 (direct emissions) of the Green House Gas (GHG) protocol include receipts for refueling at gas stations, bills for gas, coal, etc. Examples of evidence related to Scope 2 (indirect emissions) include electricity receipts and contracts. Evidence related to Scope 3 (emissions by related companies) for Category 1 (purchased goods and services) includes, for example, purchase orders, invoices, contracts and receipts related to procurement of raw materials and parts, or procurement systems. data and parts list.

In addition, as evidence data related to emissions, for example, primary data on the emission intensity of raw materials obtained from suppliers (which may be calculated independently by the supplier or which has been verified by a third party). ) etc. are possible.

The evidence data may be, for example, image data. The image data can be, for example, data captured by a camera (not shown) included in the user terminal 1. The evidence data may be a document such as a PDF file, or a structured file such as XML.

The evidence acquisition unit 211 may, for example, accept an upload of evidence data from the user terminal 1, or may acquire evidence data attached to a message such as an e-mail or a chat message sent from the user terminal 1. You can also do this. Furthermore, if the server device 2 can be directly operated by the user, the server device 2 may be equipped with a camera or a scanner, and the evidence may be photographed using the camera or scanner of the server device 2. The voucher acquisition unit 211 can register the acquired voucher data in the voucher data storage unit 231.

The evidence data storage unit 231 stores evidence data. The voucher data storage unit 231 can store voucher data in association with, for example, a voucher ID that identifies the voucher and a user ID that indicates the user who registered the voucher. The voucher data storage unit 231 can be implemented as a relational database, an object database, or the like, or can be implemented as a file system (in this case, the voucher ID can be a path and a file name).

The basic data acquisition unit 212 reads basic data from the evidence data. The basic data acquisition unit 212 can read basic data from image data by, for example, OCR processing. The basic data acquisition unit 212 can also extract basic data from text included in a document, for example.

The emission amount calculation unit 213 calculates the emission amount based on the basic data. For example, when the basic data is information indicating the amount of activity of a company, the server device 2 is equipped with an emission factor storage unit that stores the emission factor related to the activity of the company, and the emission factor is added to the read activity amount. Emissions can be calculated by multiplying by In addition, if the basic data is a company's emission factor, it can be the amount of activity by the company (for example, in the case of Scope 1 emissions, it can be the amount of fuel burned by the user, etc., and it can be the amount of fuel burned by the user for Scope 1 emissions). In the case of such emissions, it may be the amount of electricity used by the user, and in the case of Scope 3 emissions, it may be the amount of products purchased by the user from the company concerned or the use of products sold by the user. (This may be the amount of ton-kilometers shipped for products sold by the user.), for example, by accessing an accounting system or accepting input from the user, and adding the read emission factor to the obtained activity amount. Emissions can be calculated by multiplying by Furthermore, when the basic data includes both an emission coefficient and an activity amount, the emission amount can be calculated by multiplying the read emission coefficient and activity amount. Further, when the basic data is the amount of emissions, the amount of emissions read from the evidence data can be used as is.

The correspondence database 232 stores information specifying the discharge amount and information specifying the evidence data in association with each other. The correspondence database 232 can also store information that specifies basic data in association with the basic data. In the first embodiment, the correspondence database 232 stores emission amount specifying information, a basic data ID that specifies basic data, and a document ID that indicates a document in association with each other. The emission amount specific information can include, for example, time information such as year, month, and day. Further, the emissions specifying information can also include information (user ID, etc.) that specifies the entity (company, etc.) that outputs greenhouse gases related to the emissions. Furthermore, the emissions specific information can also include products and services that are subject to calculation.

The evidence output unit 214 outputs evidence data. The evidence output unit 214 can receive designation of emission amount specific information. For example, the evidence output unit 214 can accept designation of time information such as year, month, day, etc. In addition to or in place of the time information, the evidence output unit 214 can accept the designation of the subject of the emission amount. Further, the evidence output unit 214 can receive information specifying a product or service to be calculated, in addition to or in place of the time information and/or the subject of the emission amount. The evidence output unit 214 can specify the evidence ID corresponding to the received emission amount specifying information from the corresponding database, read out the evidence data corresponding to the identified evidence ID from the evidence data storage unit 231, and output it.

The evidence output unit 214 can output evidence data in response to a request from a third-party certification agency (auditing agency), for example. In addition, in response to a request from a user who calculates emissions related to the GHG protocol, evidence data related to the basic data that is the basis for calculating the emissions is identified from the corresponding database 232, and the identified evidence data is sent together with the emissions. It is also possible to send the information to (the information processing device of) a third-party certification body.

Additionally, the evidence output unit 214 can also accept the designation of basic data in addition to the emission amount specific information. In this case, the evidence output unit 214 specifies the evidence ID corresponding to the basic data ID indicating the emission amount specifying information and the designated basic data from the corresponding database, and outputs the evidence data corresponding to the specified evidence ID to the evidence data storage. 231 and can be output.

<Operation>
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the flow of the emission amount calculation process in the information processing system of the first embodiment.

The server device 2 receives voucher data from the user terminal 1 (S401), reads basic data from the voucher data through OCR processing or the like (S402), and calculates greenhouse gas emissions using the basic data (S403).

The server device 2 stores the evidence data in the evidence data storage unit 231 (S404), and also associates the emission amount specifying information that specifies the emission amount, the basic data ID that indicates the basic data, and the evidence ID that indicates the evidence data. and register it in the correspondence database 232 (S405).

Note that when receiving multiple types of basic data for calculating emissions, there may be cases in which the basic data is received without receiving the evidence data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the flow of evidence data output processing in the information processing system of the first embodiment.

The server device 2 receives the emission amount specific information and basic data ID from the user terminal 1 (S501). Note that the basic data ID may be omitted. The server device 2 specifies the evidence ID corresponding to the received emission power specifying information and basic data ID from the corresponding database 232, and reads the evidence data corresponding to the identified evidence ID from the evidence data storage unit 231 (S502). The obtained evidence data is output (sent to the user terminal 1) (S503).

As described above, according to the information processing system of the first embodiment, it is possible to manage the evidence data related to the basic data used to calculate the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in association with the amount of emissions and the basic data. can. Therefore, in the case of an audit or third-party certification, it is possible to easily present evidence data corresponding to the amount of emissions and the basic data used for its calculation.

Although the first embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and is not for construing the present invention in a limited manner. The present invention may be modified and improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and the present invention also includes equivalents thereof.

For example, in the first embodiment, the system has a client-server configuration, but the user terminal 1 may also have the functions of the server device 2, for example.

In addition, in the first embodiment, the basic data is read from the voucher data through processing such as OCR, but for example, when the basic data is modified by the user terminal 1, the basic data cannot be input from the user terminal 1. You may accept this and learn from it. For example, in order to receive from the user terminal 1 the range in which basic data is described in the voucher data and the content of the basic data, and perform OCR using machine learning using the voucher data, the range, and the content as training data. The learning model may be updated. Thereby, it is possible to improve the reading accuracy by so-called AIOCR.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment, the basic data is read from the evidence data, but for example, the basic data is accepted from the user terminal 1, and the emissions are calculated using the basic data received from the user terminal 1. The server device 2 may receive evidence data related to this basic data from the user terminal 1 and associate the basic data with the evidence data. In this case, the server device 2 is provided with a learning model storage unit that stores a learning model that has been subjected to machine learning using basic data and evidence data as training data, and the learning model is used to store information received from the user terminal 1. It is possible to infer the type of basic data (basic data ID) from the voucher data and to associate the voucher data with the basic data. The server device 2 can link the basic data ID indicating the inferred basic data and the evidence ID indicating evidence data in the correspondence database 232.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment, the correspondence database 232 associates emissions, basic data, and evidence; however, it is also possible to associate emissions (emission amount specific information) with evidence (evidence ID). However, basic data (basic data ID) and evidence (evidence ID) may be associated with each other.

<Disclosure>
Note that the present disclosure also includes the following configurations.
[Item 1]
a voucher acquisition unit that acquires voucher data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions; a basic data acquisition unit that reads the basic data from the voucher data; and voucher data that stores the voucher data. a storage unit, an emission amount calculation unit that calculates the emission amount based on the basic data, a correspondence database that stores information specifying the emission amount and information specifying the evidence data in association with each other, and the emission amount. an evidence output unit that receives a designation of information specifying the specified emission amount, specifies the evidence data corresponding to the specified emission amount from the corresponding database, and reads and outputs the specified evidence data from the evidence data storage unit; An information processing system comprising:
[Item 2]
2. The information processing system according to item 1, wherein the evidence data is image data, and the basic data acquisition unit reads the basic data from the image data by OCR processing.
[Item 3]
The information processing system according to item 1, wherein the correspondence database stores information specifying the amount of emissions, information specifying the evidence data, and information specifying the basic data in a linked manner, and stores the information specifying the amount of emissions and the evidence data in a linked manner. The output unit receives the specification of the emission amount and the basic data, specifies the evidence data corresponding to the emission amount and the basic data from the corresponding database, and outputs the specified evidence data from the evidence data storage unit. An information processing system characterized by reading and outputting.
[Item 4]
a step of acquiring voucher data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions; a step of reading the basic data from the voucher data; and a step of storing the voucher data in a voucher data storage unit. , a step of calculating the emission amount based on the basic data, a step of linking and storing information specifying the emission amount and information specifying the evidence data in a corresponding database, and information specifying the emission amount. The information processing device executes the steps of: receiving the designation, identifying the evidence data corresponding to the specified emission amount from the corresponding database, and reading and outputting the identified evidence data from the evidence data storage unit. An information processing method characterized by:
[Item 5]
a step of acquiring voucher data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions; a step of reading the basic data from the voucher data; and a step of storing the voucher data in a voucher data storage unit. , a step of calculating the emission amount based on the basic data, a step of linking and storing information specifying the emission amount and information specifying the evidence data in a corresponding database, and information specifying the emission amount. receiving the designation, specifying the evidence data corresponding to the specified emission amount from the corresponding database, and reading and outputting the specified evidence data from the evidence data storage unit, on the information processing device; A program to do this.
[Item 6]
A voucher acquisition unit that acquires voucher data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, a basic data acquisition unit that receives input of the basic data, and a voucher data storage unit that stores the voucher data. and an emission amount calculation unit that calculates the emission amount based on the basic data, and a correspondence that associates and stores information specifying the basic data or information specifying the emission amount and information specifying the evidence data. A database and information specifying the basic data or information specifying the emission amount are received, and the evidence data corresponding to the specified basic data or the emission amount is specified from the corresponding database, and the identified An information processing system comprising: a voucher output unit that reads voucher data from the voucher data storage unit and outputs the voucher data.
[Item 7]
a step of acquiring voucher data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions; a step of accepting input of the basic data; and a step of storing the voucher data in a voucher data storage unit that stores the voucher data. , a step of calculating the emission amount based on the basic data, and a step of linking and registering information specifying the basic data or information specifying the emission amount and information specifying the evidence data in a corresponding database. , receiving a designation of information specifying the basic data or information specifying the emission amount, specifying the evidence data corresponding to the specified basic data or the emission amount from the corresponding database, and specifying the specified evidence data; An information processing method, characterized in that a computer executes the step of reading out and outputting the document data from the evidence data storage section.
[Item 8]
a step of acquiring voucher data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions; a step of accepting input of the basic data; and a step of storing the voucher data in a voucher data storage unit that stores the voucher data. , a step of calculating the emission amount based on the basic data, and a step of linking and registering information specifying the basic data or information specifying the emission amount and information specifying the evidence data in a corresponding database. , receiving a designation of information specifying the basic data or information specifying the emission amount, specifying the evidence data corresponding to the specified basic data or the emission amount from the corresponding database, and specifying the specified evidence data; A program for causing an information processing device to execute a step of reading and outputting the document data from the evidence data storage unit.

<<Second embodiment>>
<System overview>
The information processing system according to the second embodiment will be described below. The information processing system of the second embodiment is intended to manage evidence data that proves data used to calculate emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. In the second embodiment, among data serving as evidence, data included in accounting data is managed. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to the second embodiment. The information processing system of the second embodiment is configured to include a server device 2. The server device 2 is communicably connected to the user terminal 1 and the accounting system 3 via a communication network. The communication network is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed using a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication channel, Ethernet (registered trademark), and the like.

The server device 2 is a computer that calculates greenhouse gas emissions. The server device 2 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

The user terminal 1 is a computer used by a user, such as a smartphone, a tablet computer, or a personal computer. The user operates the user terminal 1 to access the server device 2 and have the amount of greenhouse gas emissions calculated.

The accounting system 3 is a computer system that manages accounting data. Accounting system 3 may be configured with one or more computers. In the second embodiment, the accounting data includes so-called financial statement data and accounting record data (slip data, invoice data, contract data, general ledger data, journal data, etc.) that is the basis of financial statements. sell. The accounting data may include audit evidence data used in accounting audits. The accounting system 3 stores at least financial statement data and can output financial statement data in response to a request.

<Server device 2>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the server device 2. As shown in FIG. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may be used. The server device 2 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, and an output device 206. The storage device 203 stores various data and programs, and is, for example, a hard disk drive, solid state drive, flash memory, or the like. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 3, and includes, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone line network, and a wireless communication device for performing wireless communication. , a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector for serial communication, an RS232C connector, etc. The input device 205 is, for example, a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, button, microphone, or the like for inputting data. The output device 206 outputs data, such as a display, printer, or speaker. Note that each functional unit of the server device 2, which will be described later, is realized by the CPU 201 reading a program stored in the storage device 203 into the memory 202 and executing it. It is realized as part of the storage area provided by.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the server device 2. The server device 2 includes an accounting data storage section 233, an audit data storage section 234, a correspondence database 232, an emission factor storage section 235, an accounting data acquisition section 215, a basic data acquisition section 212, and an emissions calculation section 213. , an emissions output section 216 , and an accounting data output section 217 .

The accounting data acquisition unit 215 acquires accounting data including basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions. The basic data can be, for example, at least one of an amount of activity and an emission factor.

The accounting data related to the amount of activity is, for example, accounting record data such as invoices, receipts, and contracts. Examples of accounting record data that serve as evidence regarding Scope 1 (direct emissions) of the Green House Gas (GHG) protocol include receipts for refueling at gas stations, bills for gas, coal, etc. Examples of accounting record data that serve as evidence regarding Scope 2 (indirect emissions) include electricity receipts and contracts. Regarding category 1 (purchased goods and services), accounting record data that serves as evidence regarding Scope 3 (emissions by related companies) includes, for example, purchase orders, invoices, contracts, and receipts related to the procurement of raw materials and parts. This could be documents, procurement system data, or a bill of materials. In addition, it is also possible to use items included in financial statement data such as balance sheets and income statements as basic data instead of accounting record data, and in that case, financial statement data corresponds to the basic data. It can be accounting data.

In addition, accounting data as evidence related to emission factors may include, for example, primary data on the emission intensity of raw materials obtained from suppliers (which may be calculated independently by the supplier or verified by a third party). ). For example, audit evidence data that is not included in accounting record data and is used in carbon accounting audits can be used as accounting data.

The accounting data may be, for example, a document such as a PDF file, or a structured file such as XML. It is also possible to use image data as the accounting data.

The accounting data acquisition unit 215 receives input from the user terminal 1 of information that specifies accounting data (for example, fiscal year and name of accounting data, etc.), accesses the accounting system 3, and specifies the accounting data in the accounting system 3. The accounting system 3 can send accounting information and receive accounting data in response from the accounting system 3. Further, the accounting data acquisition unit 215 may, for example, accept accounting data uploaded from the user terminal 1, or may receive accounting data attached to a message such as an e-mail or a chat message sent from the user terminal 1. You may also obtain it.

The accounting data acquisition unit 215 can register the acquired accounting data in the accounting data storage unit 233. Note that the accounting data acquisition unit 215 may not register the accounting data recorded in the accounting system 3 in the accounting data storage unit 233, but may access the accounting system 3 to acquire the accounting data as necessary. . The accounting data acquisition unit 215 can register the accounting data specified by the user terminal 1 in the accounting data storage unit 233 received from the user terminal 1 when the accounting data is not registered in the accounting system 3 .

The accounting data storage unit 233 stores accounting data. The accounting data storage unit 233 can store accounting data in association with, for example, accounting data specifying information specifying accounting data and a user ID indicating a user who has registered accounting data. The accounting data specific information can be, for example, the fiscal year and the name of the accounting data. The accounting data storage unit 233 can be implemented as a relational database, an object database, or the like, or as a file system. When storing accounting data received from the user terminal 1 when specified accounting data is not registered in the accounting system 3, the accounting data storage unit 233 stores accounting data that is not managed by the accounting system 3 (outside the system). data) will be memorized.

The audit data storage unit 234 stores audit data indicating that an accounting audit has been performed on financial statements related to accounting data. The audit data can be, for example, data of an audit report prepared by an auditing firm (such as an audit report in electronic data format or data obtained by scanning a paper audit report). The audit data storage unit 234 can store audit data in association with, for example, audit data specifying information that specifies audit data and a user ID that indicates a user. The audit data specific information can be, for example, the fiscal year. The audit data storage unit 234 can be implemented as a relational database, an object database, or the like, or as a file system.

The correspondence database 232 stores information specifying emissions and information specifying accounting data in association with each other. Further, the correspondence database 232 can also store information that specifies audit data in association with the audit data. In the second embodiment, the correspondence database 232 specifies emission amount specifying information, basic data ID (for example, content of activity amount) that specifies basic data, accounting data specifying information indicating accounting data, and audit data. Audit data specific information and are stored in association with each other. The emission amount specific information can include, for example, time information such as year, month, and day. Further, the emissions specifying information can also include information (user ID, etc.) that specifies the entity (company, etc.) that outputs greenhouse gases related to the emissions. Furthermore, the emissions specific information can also include products and services that are subject to calculation.

The emission factor storage unit 235 stores emission factors. The emission factor storage unit 235 can store an emission factor in association with information (basic data ID) that specifies an activity. The basic data ID can be, for example, the type of activity amount.

The basic data acquisition unit 212 acquires data (basic data) necessary for calculating the emission amount. The basic data can be, for example, an amount of activity and an emission factor. In the second embodiment, it is assumed that accounting data is acquired as the amount of activity (accounting data acquired by the accounting data acquisition unit 215 is read from the accounting data storage unit 233). The emission coefficient can be read from the emission coefficient storage unit 235, for example. Further, the emission coefficient may be received from the user terminal 1.

The emission amount calculation unit 213 calculates the emission amount based on the basic data. In the second embodiment, the emissions calculation unit 213 can read the amount of activity included in the accounting data, perform unit conversion, and calculate the amount of emissions by multiplying the amount of activity by the corresponding emission coefficient. In the case of emissions related to Scope 1, for example, the emissions calculation unit 213 extracts the purchase price of the fuel from accounting data related to the purchased fuel, and calculates the emissions by multiplying the purchase price by the emission coefficient corresponding to the fuel. can be calculated. In addition, in the case of emissions related to Scope 2, the emissions calculation unit 213 extracts electricity charges from accounting data related to electricity among water and utility costs, and calculates emissions by multiplying the electricity charges by the electricity emission coefficient. can do. In addition, in the case of emissions related to Scope 3, the emissions calculation unit 213 extracts the purchase amount of a specific product from accounting data related to the purchase of the product, and adds the amount of the product to the extracted purchase amount. By multiplying by the corresponding emission factor, the emissions associated with the product can be calculated. If the unit of the emission coefficient is different from the unit of the accounting data, the emission amount calculation unit 213 can convert the unit of the activity amount of the accounting data and then multiply the unit by the emission coefficient.

The emission amount output unit 216 outputs the calculated emission amount. For example, the emissions output unit 216 may output the total value of all emissions, the total value of emissions for each scope related to the GHG protocol, or the total value of emissions for each scope 3 category. The total amount of emissions may be output.

The accounting data output unit 217 can output accounting data (or information specifying accounting data). The accounting data output unit 217 can receive designation of emission amount specific information. For example, the accounting data output unit 217 can accept designations of time information such as year, month, and day. Furthermore, in addition to or in place of the time information, the accounting data output unit 217 can accept the designation of the entity responsible for the amount of emissions. Furthermore, the accounting data output unit 217 can receive information specifying a product or service to be calculated, in addition to or in place of the time information and/or the subject of emissions. The accounting data output unit 217 specifies accounting data specifying information corresponding to the received emission amount specifying information from the corresponding database 232, and outputs the accounting data specified by the specified accounting data specifying information to the accounting data storage unit 233 or the accounting system 3. It can be obtained from and output.

The accounting data output unit 217 can also output audit data in addition to or instead of accounting data. The accounting data output unit 217 specifies audit data specifying information corresponding to the received emission amount specifying information from the corresponding database 232, reads audit data corresponding to the specified audit data specifying information from the audit data storage unit 234, and outputs the audit data. be able to.

The accounting data output unit 217 can output accounting data and/or audit data in response to a request from a third-party certification body (auditing body), for example. In addition, in response to a request from a user who calculates emissions related to the GHG protocol, the accounting data related to the basic data that is the basis for calculating the emissions is specified from the corresponding database 232, and the specified accounting data is sent together with the emissions. It is also possible to send the information to (the information processing device of) a third-party certification body.

Furthermore, the accounting data output unit 217 can also accept the designation of basic data in addition to the emission amount specific information. In this case, the accounting data output unit 217 specifies accounting data specifying information and/or audit data specifying information corresponding to the basic data ID indicating the emission amount specifying information and the specified basic data from the corresponding database, and outputs the specified accounting data. Specific information and/or audit data Accounting data and/or audit data corresponding to the specific information can be acquired and output.

<Operation>
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the flow of the emission amount calculation process in the information processing system of the second embodiment.

The server device 2 acquires the specified accounting data from the user terminal 1 (S801). For example, the server device 2 may receive the designation of accounting data from the user terminal 1, access the accounting system 3, and acquire the designated accounting data, or receive the accounting data from the user terminal 1. You can do it like this. The server device 2 acquires the emission coefficient of the activity related to the accounting data (S802). The server device 2 can read, for example, the emission coefficient corresponding to the basic data ID indicating the activity related to accounting data from the emission coefficient storage unit 235.

The server device 2 calculates the amount of emissions by multiplying the amount of activity extracted from the accounting data by the emission coefficient (S803). The server device 2 receives input of audit data of financial statements related to accounting data and registers it in the audit data storage unit 234 (S804). The server device 2 registers information that associates emissions, basic data, accounting data, and audit data in the correspondence database 232 (S805).

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the flow of accounting data output processing in the information processing system of the second embodiment.

The server device 2 receives the emissions specifying information from the user terminal 1 (S901), reads the accounting data specifying information and the audit data specifying information corresponding to the received emission specifying information from the corresponding database 232 (S902), and reads out the read accounting data. Accounting data and/or audit data specified by the data specifying information and/or audit data specifying information is acquired and output (S903). Accounting data can be acquired by accessing the accounting system 3, for example, and accounting data that cannot be acquired from the accounting system 3 can be acquired from the accounting data storage unit 233. Audit data can be obtained from audit data storage 234.

As described above, according to the information processing system of the second embodiment, accounting data and/or audit data related to basic data used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions are managed in association with emissions. be able to. Therefore, in the case of an audit or third-party certification, it is possible to easily present accounting data and/or audit data corresponding to the amount of emissions and the basic data used for its calculation.

Although the second embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and is not for construing the present invention in a limited manner. The present invention may be modified and improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and the present invention also includes equivalents thereof.

For example, in the second embodiment, the system has a client-server configuration, but the user terminal 1 may also have the functions of the server device 2, for example.

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Note that the present disclosure also includes the following configurations.
[Item 1]
a data acquisition unit that acquires basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions; an emissions calculation unit that calculates the emissions based on the basic data; and information that specifies the basic data or the emissions. a correspondence database that stores information that identifies the basic data in association with information that identifies the accounting data that is at least one of accounting record data, financial statement data, or audit evidence data that indicates the basic data; an accounting data output unit that receives a designation of information specifying the specified basic data or the specified emission amount, and reads out and outputs information specifying the accounting data corresponding to the specified basic data or the specified emission amount from the corresponding database; An information processing system comprising:
[Item 2]
The information processing system according to item 1, further comprising a storage unit that stores external data that is data not recorded in an external accounting system among the accounting data, and the accounting data output unit Of the basic data or the accounting data corresponding to the emissions, those that are recorded in the accounting system are acquired by accessing the accounting system, and those that are not recorded in the accounting system are acquired from the memory. An information processing system comprising: acquiring the accounting data from the accounting department; and outputting the acquired accounting data.
[Item 3]
The information processing system according to item 1, further comprising an audit data storage unit that stores audit data indicating that an accounting audit has been performed on financial statements related to the accounting data, and the corresponding database is Information specifying data or information specifying the amount of emissions, information specifying the accounting data, and information specifying the audit data are stored in association with each other, and the accounting data output unit stores the specified An information processing system characterized by reading and outputting basic data or information specifying the accounting data corresponding to the emissions amount and information specifying the audit data from the corresponding database.
[Item 4]
a step of acquiring basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions; a step of calculating the emissions based on the basic data; and information specifying the basic data or information specifying the emissions. , storing in a database information specifying accounting data, which is at least one of accounting record data, financial statement data, or audit evidence data indicating the basic data, and information specifying the basic data or the A computer executes the step of accepting a designation of information specifying the amount of emissions, and reading and outputting information specifying the specified basic data or the accounting data corresponding to the amount of emissions from the database. information processing method.
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a step of acquiring basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions; a step of calculating the emissions based on the basic data; and information specifying the basic data or information specifying the emissions. , storing in a database information specifying accounting data, which is at least one of accounting record data, financial statement data, or audit evidence data indicating the basic data, and information specifying the basic data or the A program for causing a computer to execute the steps of accepting a designation of information specifying the amount of emissions, and reading and outputting information specifying the specified basic data or the accounting data corresponding to the amount of emissions from the database. .

1 User terminal 2 Server device

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an evidence acquisition unit that acquires evidence data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
a basic data acquisition unit that reads the basic data from the evidence data;
a voucher data storage unit that stores the voucher data;
an emission amount calculation unit that calculates the emission amount based on the basic data;
a correspondence database that stores information specifying the amount of emissions and information specifying the evidence data in a linked manner;
Voucher output that receives a designation of information specifying the emission amount, specifies the evidence data corresponding to the specified emission amount from the corresponding database, and reads and outputs the specified evidence data from the evidence data storage unit. Department and
An information processing system comprising: The information processing system according to claim 1,
The evidence data is image data,
The basic data acquisition unit reads the basic data from the image data by OCR processing;
An information processing system characterized by: The information processing system according to claim 1,
The corresponding database stores information specifying the amount of emissions, information specifying the evidence data, and information specifying the basic data in a linked manner,
The evidence output unit receives the designation of the emission amount and the basic data, specifies the evidence data corresponding to the emission amount and the basic data from the corresponding database, and stores the identified evidence data in the evidence data storage. to read out and output from the section;
An information processing system characterized by: obtaining evidence data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
reading the basic data from the evidence data;
storing the voucher data in a voucher data storage unit;
calculating the emissions based on the basic data;
a step of linking and storing information specifying the amount of emissions and information specifying the evidence data in a corresponding database;
receiving a designation of information specifying the emission amount, identifying the evidence data corresponding to the specified emission amount from the corresponding database, and reading and outputting the specified evidence data from the evidence data storage unit; ,
An information processing method, characterized in that an information processing device executes the following. obtaining evidence data displaying basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
reading the basic data from the evidence data;
storing the voucher data in a voucher data storage unit;
calculating the emissions based on the basic data;
a step of linking and storing information specifying the amount of emissions and information specifying the evidence data in a corresponding database;
receiving a designation of information specifying the emission amount, identifying the evidence data corresponding to the specified emission amount from the corresponding database, and reading and outputting the specified evidence data from the evidence data storage unit; ,
A program that causes an information processing device to execute. a data acquisition unit that acquires basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
an emission amount calculation unit that calculates the emission amount based on the basic data;
Associating information identifying the basic data or information identifying the emissions with information identifying accounting data that is at least one of accounting record data, financial statement data, or audit evidence data indicating the basic data. A corresponding database to store,
An accounting system that receives a designation of information that specifies the basic data or information that specifies the emissions amount, and reads and outputs information that specifies the accounting data corresponding to the specified basic data or the emissions amount from the corresponding database. a data output section;
An information processing system comprising: The information processing system according to claim 6,
comprising a storage unit that stores out-of-system data that is data that is not recorded in an external accounting system among the accounting data;
The accounting data output unit accesses and acquires the accounting data recorded in the accounting system among the designated basic data or the accounting data corresponding to the emissions amount, and outputs the accounting data to the accounting system. obtaining the accounting data not recorded in the storage section and outputting the obtained accounting data;
An information processing system characterized by: The information processing system according to claim 6,
comprising an audit data storage unit that stores audit data indicating that an accounting audit has been performed on financial statements related to the accounting data,
The correspondence database stores information that specifies the basic data or the amount of emissions, information that specifies the accounting data, and information that specifies the audit data in association with each other,
The accounting data output unit reads and outputs information specifying the accounting data corresponding to the designated basic data or the emissions amount and information specifying the audit data from the corresponding database;
An information processing system characterized by: a step of obtaining basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
calculating the emissions based on the basic data;
Associating information identifying the basic data or information identifying the emissions with information identifying accounting data that is at least one of accounting record data, financial statement data, or audit evidence data indicating the basic data. a step of storing in a database;
receiving a designation of information specifying the basic data or information specifying the emissions amount, and reading out and outputting information specifying the accounting data corresponding to the specified basic data or the emission amount from the database; ,
An information processing method characterized by being executed by a computer. a step of obtaining basic data for calculating greenhouse gas emissions;
calculating the emissions based on the basic data;
Associating information identifying the basic data or information identifying the emissions with information identifying accounting data that is at least one of accounting record data, financial statement data, or audit evidence data indicating the basic data. a step of storing in a database;
receiving a designation of information specifying the basic data or information specifying the emissions amount, and reading out and outputting information specifying the accounting data corresponding to the specified basic data or the emission amount from the database; ,
A program that causes a computer to execute

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