JP2004062612A - Environmental management evaluation method and device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device that easily and objectively evaluate environmental management, and a program that realizes them. <P>SOLUTION: The environmental management evaluation device 100 acquires environmental management information about every product in each business department from another computer device or the like constituting a computer system 1, and accumulates it in an environmental management information database 160. A control part 110, when executing an evaluation program stored in a program storage part 150, acquires user-specified environmental management information from the environmental management information database 160 and uses the acquired information to compute given indices. According to the computed indices, the control part 110 determines and evaluates which of given classifications the state of environmental management belongs to. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an environmental management evaluation method and apparatus, and a program.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, due to the growing interest in environmental issues and their importance, it has become an essential issue for various business entities, such as the manufacturing industry, to reduce environmental impacts caused by business activities. In particular, in companies and the like, it has become important to implement so-called environmental management for achieving both environmental conservation and pursuit of profits.
[0003]
In recent years, many business entities have implemented environmental management, and the quality of the effects is becoming one of the business evaluations. In order to improve the effects of environmental management, it is necessary to evaluate and improve the effects of environmental conservation activities for each department and product. Therefore, there is a need to establish a method that can easily and objectively evaluate the effects of environmental management.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and has as its object to provide a method and an apparatus for easily and objectively evaluating environmental management, and a program for realizing these.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an environmental management evaluation method according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an environmental conservation cost information acquiring step of acquiring environmental conservation cost information indicating a cost invested in environmental conservation activities in business activities;
Economic effect information acquisition step of acquiring economic effect information indicating an economic effect according to the put environmental conservation cost,
Environmental load information acquisition step of obtaining environmental load information indicating the amount of environmental load in the business activity,
Based on the obtained environmental load information, a reduced environmental load calculation step of calculating reduced environmental load information indicating the amount of environmental load reduced according to the put environmental conservation cost,
At least, using the environmental conservation cost information, the economic effect information, the environmental load information, and the reduced environmental load information, an index calculation step of calculating an index for the business activity,
An evaluation step of evaluating the business activity based on the calculated index,
And characterized in that:
[0006]
In the above environmental management evaluation method,
The index calculating step calculates an index indicating an environmental rate of return on the environmental conservation activity by calculating Expression 3.
The evaluation step may evaluate the environmental conservation activity from the viewpoint of economic efficiency by comparing a numerical value indicated by the calculated index with a predetermined threshold.
[Equation 3]
Environmental return rate = Economic effect / Environmental conservation cost
[0007]
In the above environmental management evaluation method,
It is preferable that the index calculation step converts the reduced environmental load information into money amount information, and calculates an index as a reduced social cost with the reduced environmental load amount based on the converted money amount information. If
The evaluation step may evaluate the environmental conservation activity from a viewpoint of economic efficiency based on the index.
[0008]
In the above environmental management evaluation method,
The index calculating step calculates an index indicating an environmental effect rate of the environmental conservation activity by calculating Expression 4.
The evaluation step may evaluate the environmental conservation activity from the viewpoint of economic efficiency by comparing a numerical value indicated by the calculated index with a predetermined threshold.
(Equation 4)
Environmental effect rate = (Economic effect + Reduction social cost) / Environmental conservation cost
[0009]
In the above environmental management evaluation method,
In the environmental conservation cost information acquiring step, the economic effect information acquiring step, and the environmental load information acquiring step, it is preferable that each information is acquired for each predetermined unit related to the business activity.
[0010]
In order to achieve the above object, a program according to a second aspect of the present invention includes:
The method is characterized by causing a computer to execute each step of the environmental management evaluation method.
[0011]
In order to achieve the above object, an environmental management evaluation apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention obtains environmental conservation cost information that indicates and accumulates environmental conservation cost information indicating costs invested in environmental conservation activities in business activities. Means,
Economic effect information acquisition means for acquiring and accumulating economic effect information indicating an economic effect according to the invested environmental conservation cost among the economic effects in the business activities,
Environmental load information obtaining means for obtaining and storing environmental load information indicating the amount of environmental load in the business activity,
Based on the obtained environmental load information, reduced environmental load calculating means for calculating reduced environmental load information indicating the amount of environmental load reduced according to the environmental protection cost put,
The environmental load shown in the environmental load information, and a conversion unit that converts the reduced environmental load shown in the reduced environmental load information into a predetermined unit,
At least, the environmental conservation cost information, the economic effect information, the environmental load information, an index calculating means for calculating an index using the reduced environmental load information,
Evaluation means for evaluating and presenting the environmental conservation activity from the viewpoint of economic efficiency based on the calculated index,
And characterized in that:
[0012]
In order to achieve the above object, a program according to a fourth aspect of the present invention includes:
A computer is caused to function as the environmental management evaluation device.
[0013]
According to the above invention, environmental management can be evaluated easily and objectively.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an environmental management evaluation device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The environmental management evaluation device 100 according to the present embodiment is configured by a predetermined computer device such as a workstation, which is installed in a business entity (for example, a company) performing an environmental conservation activity as a business activity. It is assumed that the system is incorporated and operated in a predetermined computer system 1 of the business entity. The entity shall have a plurality of offices (including subsidiaries, affiliates, manufacturing factories, dealers, etc.) and departments (hereinafter referred to as “offices, etc.”), and a computer used at each office, etc. The computer system 1 of the business entity is configured such that devices and the like are interconnected by, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network: local information communication network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network: wide area information communication network). And Note that the “business entity” in the present embodiment is a company that manufactures and sells office equipment such as a copying machine, and is hereinafter referred to as a “business entity R”.
[0015]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an environmental management evaluation device 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown, the environmental management evaluation device 100 includes a control unit 110, a communication control unit 120, an input unit 130, an output unit 140, a program storage unit 150, and an environmental management information database 160. .
[0016]
The control unit 110 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a predetermined storage device (RAM: Random Access Memory) serving as a work area, and controls each unit of the environmental management evaluation device 100. Then, a predetermined operation program is executed to realize each processing described later.
[0017]
The communication control unit 120 includes, for example, a communication device such as a predetermined NIC (Network Interface Card) or a router, and functions as an interface with a LAN or a WAN configuring the computer system 1. The other computer devices constituting the computer system 1 are connected and communicate with each other.
[0018]
The input unit 130 includes, for example, a predetermined input device such as a keyboard and a pointing device. The input unit 130 inputs various instructions to the control unit 110, and inputs and records information recorded in the program storage unit 150 and the environmental management information database 160. Used for updating.
[0019]
The output unit 140 includes, for example, a predetermined output device such as a display device or a printer, and outputs a processing result of the control unit 110 and the like as needed.
[0020]
The program storage unit 150 is composed of, for example, a rewritable storage device such as a hard disk device, and stores a program that is executed by the control unit 110 to realize each process described below. In the present embodiment, the following programs are stored.
(1) Program for managing environmental management information database 160 (DB management program)
(2) A program for performing communication on the computer system 1 (communication program)
(3) A program (arithmetic program) for performing a predetermined arithmetic operation using information recorded in the environmental management information database 160
(4) Program for conducting environmental management evaluation using information recorded in environmental management information database 160 (evaluation program)
[0021]
The environmental management information database 160 is composed of, for example, a rewritable storage device such as a hard disk device, and records information related to environmental management of the business entity R (hereinafter, “environmental management information”). Examples of information recorded in the environmental management information database 160 will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0022]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data configuration of information recorded in the environmental management information database 160. As shown in the figure, in the environmental management information database 160, database files DF are created for each predetermined period unit (for example, “year”), and each database file DF is a product name manufactured and sold by the business entity R. , And a recording area (record) associated with the “life cycle stage” (LS). Here, the “life cycle stage” indicates each stage of the life cycle (from raw material collection to disposal) of a product manufactured and sold by the business entity R. In the present embodiment, since the business entity R is a company that manufactures and sells products such as copiers, the following are set as “life cycle stages”.
(1) “Design”, which is the product design stage
(2) “Procurement”, which is the procurement stage of materials and parts
(3) "Manufacturing" which is the product manufacturing stage
(4) "Distribution", which is the distribution stage of products
(5) "Sale", which is the product sales stage
(6) "Use", which is the stage of use by the user
(7) “Maintenance”, which is the maintenance stage of the product used
(8) Reuse / recycle, which is the stage of collecting, recycling, and disposing of used products
[0023]
Therefore, when a new database file DF is created, a record of a product manufactured and sold in the current year is created for each life cycle stage.
[0024]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of each record. As shown in the figure, each record is composed of columns of “charge section”, “load”, “cost”, “effect”, and “added value” corresponding to the product and the life cycle stage.
[0025]
In the “ward”, information indicating the responsible entity or department is recorded. For example, if the product is a record of “product A” and the life cycle stage is “design” (“record A-1” in FIG. 2), information indicating the name of the department that designed product A is recorded.
[0026]
In the “load”, information indicating the amount of generated environmental load (environmental load information) is recorded. FIG. 4 shows an example of the environmental load information. As shown in the figure, the environmental load information includes information indicating the amount of energy and resources input (input) and information indicating the amount of pollutants emitted and the content of chemical substances in products (output). Be recorded.
[0027]
The “Cost” column includes the “Environmental Conservation Cost” column in which the costs invested in environmental conservation activities (that is, costs for suppressing environmental impact) are recorded, and the resources and energy invested (the “Environmental A “resource / energy cost” column in which costs for the “load information” are recorded is created.
[0028]
FIG. 5 shows an example of information recorded in the “environmental conservation cost”. As shown in the figure, the “environmental conservation costs” are classified into the following items, for example.
(1) “Cost in business area” which is the cost to reduce the environmental load generated in the business area due to production and service activities
(2) “Upstream / downstream costs,” which are costs for suppressing environmental loads that occur upstream or downstream of production and service activities.
(3) “Management activity cost”, which is the environmental conservation cost in management activities
(4) “R & D cost”, which is the environmental conservation cost in R & D activities
(5) "Social activity cost", which is the environmental conservation cost in social activities
(6) “Environmental damage handling cost”, which is the cost to deal with environmental damage
[0029]
“Cost within business area” is further classified into “pollution prevention cost”, “global environmental conservation cost”, “resource recycling cost”, and the like.
[0030]
The “pollution prevention cost” indicates, for example, costs invested for air pollution prevention, water pollution prevention, soil pollution prevention, noise prevention, vibration prevention, odor prevention, ground subsidence prevention, and the like.
[0031]
The “global environmental conservation cost” indicates, for example, costs invested for prevention of global warming, prevention of ozone layer destruction, and the like.
[0032]
"Resource recycling cost" includes, for example, efficient use of resources, water saving / rainwater use, reduction / recycling of industrial waste, reduction / recycling of business-related general waste, treatment / disposal of industrial waste, business-related general waste Shows the costs invested in sustainable resource recycling, such as the disposal and disposal of goods.
[0033]
That is, the “cost within the business area” indicates the cost invested for directly reducing the environmental load.
[0034]
On the other hand, “upstream / downstream costs”, “management activity costs”, “R & D costs”, “social activity costs”, “environmental damage response costs”, etc. It shows the costs invested. The details are described below.
[0035]
"Upstream / downstream costs" include, for example, the cost of the difference from normal purchasing activities that occurred in connection with green purchasing, costs for recycling, collection, re-commercialization, and appropriate processing of products produced and sold, containers It shows the costs for recycling, collection, re-commercialization, and proper processing of packaging, and additional costs for reducing the load on containers and packaging.
[0036]
"Management activity costs" include, for example, costs for environmental education for employees, costs for building and operating an environmental management system, costs for obtaining certification, costs for monitoring and measuring environmental loads, and organizations for environmental measures. Costs for the operation of
[0037]
"Research and development costs" include, for example, research and development costs for products that contribute to environmental conservation, costs for R & D, planning and design to reduce the environmental load at the manufacturing stage, and costs for environmental load reduction at other stages. Cost, etc.
[0038]
“Social activity costs” include, for example, costs for environmental improvement measures (conservation of nature, greening, beautification, landscape maintenance, etc.), costs for supporting local residents' environmental activities and providing information (such as seminars), and environmental costs. Shows costs for donation and support to organizations that perform conservation activities, and costs for environmental information publication and environmental advertising.
[0039]
"Environmental damage handling costs" include, for example, costs for remediation of soil pollution and natural destruction, provisions for environmental damages and insurance premiums, settlements, compensations, fines and litigation costs related to environmental protection, And so on.
[0040]
Next, the "effect" column (FIG. 3) of the record will be described. In the “Effect” column, for example, “Reduced environmental load” column in which information indicating the amount of environmental load reduced compared to the previous year is recorded, and amount information indicating the economic effect of environmental conservation activities are recorded. "Effect" column is created.
[0041]
FIG. 6 shows an example of information recorded in the “reduced environmental load” column. As shown in the figure, in the “reduced environmental load” column, among the items of the environmental load recorded in the “load” column of the record, information indicating the reduction amount of the items reduced from the previous year, Information obtained by converting each reduction amount into a monetary amount by a predetermined method is recorded. Here, as a method of money conversion, for example, EPS (Environment Priority Strategies for Product Design) used in LCIA (Life Cycle Impact Assessment) or the like is adopted. In EPS, an ELU (Environment Load Unit), which is an integrated index that quantitatively indicates the environmental load, can be obtained. This ELU value is obtained by integrating environmental loads in different units, and is shown as a numerical value on a uniform basis. Therefore, by calculating using this ELU value and a coefficient or the like set for each environmental load item, each environmental load can be represented as a monetary amount. The information obtained by converting the reduced environmental load amount into the amount of money thus obtained is recorded in the “amount of converted amount” column.
[0042]
FIG. 7 shows an example of information recorded in the “economic effect” column. In the present embodiment, as the information indicating the economic effect, for example, “substantial effect”, “deemed effect”, “accidental effect”, “social effect”, and the like are recorded, and each column is created. ing. Hereinafter, each item will be described.
[0043]
The “substantial effect” is defined as the economic effect of the profit obtained by saving or selling, and information indicating the amount of the profit is recorded in the “substantial effect” column.
[0044]
The “deemed effect” indicates an added value or a saving effect that is considered to have contributed to the environmental conservation activity, and amount information indicating the amount of the added value or the saving is recorded in the “deemed effect” column.
[0045]
"Accidental effect" is the effect obtained by avoiding risks such as pollution repair and litigation, and the amount of pollution repair costs and litigation costs that can be incurred if the environment is not preserved. The information is recorded in the "accidental effect" column.
[0046]
The “social effect” is the effect of the amount of electricity and waste that is reduced by using environmentally friendly products. Recorded in the "Effect" column.
[0047]
Next, the "added value" column (FIG. 3) of the record will be described. In the “added value” column, as shown in FIG. 3, amount information indicating a profit amount is recorded.
[0048]
Next, the operation of the environmental management evaluation device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0049]
First, “database creation processing” by the environmental management evaluation device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, the control unit 110 executes the DB management program stored in the program storage unit 150 to create and update the database file DF recorded in the environmental management information database 160.
[0050]
First, the environmental management evaluation device 100 acquires the environmental management information recorded in the environmental management information database 160 from each office of the business entity R (Step S101). Here, the control unit 110 executes a communication program stored in the program storage unit 150, and receives a command from a computer device or the like used by an appropriate department such as each business office via the computer system 1 (that is, a network). Obtain environmental management information. For example, environmental load information and the like are acquired from a computer device of a department that monitors and investigates environmental load. The cost information and the economic effect information are obtained from a computer device such as an accounting system.
[0051]
The control unit 110 executes the DB management program stored in the program storage unit 150, and sequentially stores the environmental management information acquired in step S101 in a corresponding record among the records created in the environmental management information database 160. Recording is performed (step S102).
[0052]
When the environmental load information is recorded in the record, the control unit 110 acquires the environmental load information from the corresponding record (the record in which “product” − “life cycle stage” is the same) of the database file of the previous year. The control unit 110 further executes the calculation program in the program storage unit 150, calculates a difference in environmental load, calculates a reduction amount compared with the previous year, and records it in the record (step S103).
[0053]
The control unit 110 calculates the ELU of the reduced environmental load by performing a predetermined calculation of the EPS method for each of the reduction amounts calculated in step S103, and records the ELU in the record as the amount information (step S104). . The above process is performed for each record prepared in the database file DF to complete the database file DF.
[0054]
Next, "environmental management evaluation processing" for evaluating the environmental management of the business entity R using the environmental management information recorded in the database file DF created by the above processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. .
[0055]
The “environmental management evaluation process” is started when the control unit 110 executes the evaluation program stored in the program storage unit 150. This evaluation program is to perform an environmental management evaluation according to the input conditions by presenting a predetermined screen and allowing the user to input various conditions. Here, the evaluation program can be realized not only in an “application” format for inputting and outputting on the environmental management evaluation device 100, but also in a “web-based” format for inputting and outputting via a communication network such as the Internet. It is possible. In this case, the environmental management evaluation device 100 functions as a web server. For example, information required from the environmental management information database 160 according to the input contents from the user by an operation mechanism such as a CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is used. To create a web page, and perform input / output via a network in cooperation with a communication program.
[0056]
Hereinafter, the operation of the evaluation program will be described by taking the case where the evaluation program is in the “application format” as an example. Each operation in the following processing may be performed by the evaluation program itself, or may be performed in cooperation with the operation program.
[0057]
The control unit 110 displays a target designation screen W1 as shown in FIG. 10 on the output unit 140 (in this case, a display device) based on the operation of the evaluation program (step S201). The target specification screen W1 is for specifying an evaluation target of the environmental management evaluation. As shown, for example, radio buttons, check boxes, pull-down menus, and the like for selecting and specifying a life cycle stage, a product, a year, and the like to be evaluated are displayed on the target specification screen W1. .
[0058]
The user operates the input unit 130 to select a desired evaluation target and select an “OK” button at the bottom of the screen to control information indicating the selected target (hereinafter, “evaluation target information”). Input to the unit 110. In the example of FIG. 10, “all LS”, “product A”, and “2001” are selected.
[0059]
When the evaluation target information is input (Step S202: Yes), the control unit 110 specifies information corresponding to the evaluation target information from the database file DF stored in the environmental management information database 160 (Step S203). In the present embodiment, since the database file DF is created for each year, the database file DF corresponding to the target year indicated in the evaluation target information is specified.
[0060]
The control unit 110 specifies a record corresponding to the information to be evaluated from the records constituting the database file DF specified in step S203 (step S204), acquires the environmental management information recorded in the specified record, and performs a predetermined operation. (Step S205).
[0061]
The control unit 110 creates an evaluation table ET1 as shown in FIG. 11 based on the environmental management information acquired in step S205 (step S206). This evaluation table ET1 is obtained by reconstructing the environmental management information acquired in step S205.
[0062]
Here, in the upper part of the evaluation table ET1, among the environmental management information acquired in step S205, the environmental load information of each record, that is, actual data indicating the direct environmental load is recorded. On the other hand, the lower row records “environmental accounting” information, which is information based on the amount of money.
[0063]
In each of the columns constituting “environmental accounting”, “cost” and “effect” record corresponding information shown in the acquired environmental management information. In addition, "Environmental impact" classifies the environmental impact into, for example, "Resource impact", "Human health impact", "Ecosystem impact", "Biodiversity", etc. based on the environmental impact information at the top. Then, the ELU value calculated based on the actual data in the upper row is recorded. In the "money conversion" column, money information based on the ELU value recorded in the "environmental impact" column is recorded.
[0064]
The “environmental impact” shown here indicates damage to the global environment due to the environmental load caused by the business entity R, and can be regarded as a load applied to society. Therefore, the converted amount of money is recorded as a cost (social cost) borne by society. Similarly, the “reduced social cost” recorded in the “effect” column indicates the reduced environmental load converted into the amount of money as the reduced social cost.
[0065]
In the evaluation table ET1 shown in FIG. 11, the "index" in the "environmental accounting" column is blank. The control unit 110 calculates each index to be recorded in the “index” column based on the created evaluation table ET1 (Step S207).
[0066]
In the present embodiment, an “environmental effect rate” and an “environmental profit rate” are calculated as “indexes”. These are indicators for determining whether environmental conservation activities are being conducted with economic rationality.
[0067]
The “environmental effect rate” is obtained by the control unit 110 calculating Equation 5.
(Equation 5)
Environmental effect rate = Economic effect amount + Total reduced social cost / Total environmental conservation cost
[0068]
On the other hand, the “environmental rate of return” is obtained by the control unit 110 calculating Equation 6.
(Equation 6)
Environmental return rate = total economic effect / total environmental conservation cost
[0069]
The control unit 110 creates an evaluation table ET2 as shown in FIG. 12 by recording each index value calculated in step S207 in a corresponding column of the evaluation table ET1.
[0070]
When the evaluation table ET2 is created, the control unit 110 performs the environmental management evaluation of the evaluation target based on the index value recorded in the created evaluation table ET2. In the present embodiment, the level of environmental management is classified into three categories, "environmental response", "environmental conservation", and "environmental management", and it is evaluated which of these is applicable. These classifications will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0071]
FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining each level of environmental management. This figure shows the relationship between the “environmental conservation cost”, which is the cost invested in environmental conservation activities, and the “environmental conservation effect” and “economic effect” obtained thereby.
[0072]
First, the “environmental response” state refers to a state where the “environmental conservation effect” obtained from the “environmental conservation cost” invested is at a level that satisfies laws and regulations. If the environmental protection effect cannot meet the laws and regulations, it cannot be said that the business (management) takes into account the environment. Therefore, the level that must be cleared at least for environmental management is the "environmental response" level. In addition, the "economic effect" such as profit is lower than the "environmental conservation cost" that has been invested, that is, the cost for environmental conservation activities cannot be recovered.
[0073]
The “environmental conservation” state is a state where the “environmental conservation effect” has been improved to “top runner level”, which exceeds laws and regulations, but the economic effect is at the same level as “environmental response”. Therefore, the environmental load is reduced at a high level, but the cost cannot be recovered. The “top runner level” is, for example, a self-regulation that is stricter than laws and regulations, or the highest level in the industry.
[0074]
A state in which the "economic effect" is equal to or higher than the cost recovery level while maintaining the "environmental conservation effect" at the top runner level is called the "environmental management" state. That is, the economic effect equal to or more than the “environmental conservation cost” invested is obtained. This is a state in which cost recovery has been achieved by increasing profits while realizing high environmental conservation effects.It is an ideal state that balances both the social responsibility of reducing environmental impact and the corporate responsibility of pursuing profits. is there. If the “environmental conservation cost” is reduced, the amount shall be recorded as “economic effect”.
[0075]
Which of these classifications belongs can be determined by comparing each of the index values with a predetermined threshold. The control unit 110 executes “management state determination processing” by using the index value recorded in the created evaluation table ET2. This "management state determination process" will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0076]
First, the control unit 110 determines whether the value of the "economic effect rate" is 1 or less (step S301). Here, if it is equal to or less than 1 (step S301: Yes), it is determined that the level is “environment-friendly” (step S302). That is, the “environmental effect rate” is obtained by “(total economic effect + total reduced social cost) / total environmental conservation cost”, where “(total economic effect + total reduced social cost)” is the environmental conservation effect. (Hereinafter, referred to as “environmental effect amount”). Therefore, if the “environmental effect ratio” is 1, it indicates that the invested environmental conservation cost and the environmental effect amount are the same. Therefore, if it is 1 or less, it indicates that “the amount of environmental effect ≦ environmental conservation cost”, and it can be understood that the level is “environmentally friendly” or a level lower than it.
[0077]
As described above, the “environmentally responsive” status is a level that must be cleared at a minimum in order to conduct environmental management. It is subject to review.
[0078]
On the other hand, when the value of the “environmental effect rate” exceeds 1 (Step S301: No), the control unit 110 further determines whether the value of the “environmental profit rate” is less than 1 (Step S303). Here, if it is less than 1 (step S303: Yes), the control unit 110 determines that the level is “environmental conservation” (step S304). In other words, since the "environmental rate of return" is calculated by "total economic effect / total environmental conservation cost", if the "environmental rate of return" is 1, it means that the invested environmental conservation cost and the economic effect amount are the same. Show. Therefore, if the value is less than 1, it indicates that “total economic effect <environmental conservation cost”. Therefore, in the environmental conservation activities of the target business, a high level of reduction in environmental load is realized, but the cost cannot be recovered. It is determined that the state is “environmental conservation”.
[0079]
On the other hand, when the “environmental profit rate” is 1 or more (step S303: No), the control unit 110 determines that the state is the “environmental management” state (step S305). In other words, if the “environmental rate of return” is 1 or more, it indicates that “total economic effect ≧ environmental conservation cost”, so that high-level environmental load reduction is achieved and cost recovery is achieved. Because it will be.
[0080]
The control unit 110 creates an evaluation result screen W2 as shown in FIG. 15 based on the determination result of the “management state determination process”, displays the evaluation result screen W2 on the output unit 140 (step S208), and ends the process. .
[0081]
As shown in the figure, the evaluation result screen W2 displays the evaluation result (whether it is “environmental response”, “environmental conservation”, or “environmental management”) on the evaluation target, and a predetermined comment corresponding thereto. Is displayed. Further, as shown in the figure, for example, together with selection means such as radio buttons, “view all data”, “view by LS”, “view by product”, “change evaluation target”, and the like are displayed. Good.
[0082]
Here, for example, when "view all data" is selected, detailed information is provided by displaying the created evaluation table ET2 on the output unit 140 or the like. When “Look at each LS” or “Look at each product” is selected, a screen for further selecting a desired target (LS or product) is displayed, and information on the target specified from the evaluation table ET2 is displayed. Is extracted and displayed. When “change of evaluation target” is selected, the target designation screen W1 is displayed again.
[0083]
As described above, according to the environmental management evaluation device according to the above-described embodiment, by acquiring the actual data of the environmental load and the income and expenditure information associated therewith, the results of the environmental conservation activities in the business entity are objectively evaluated. be able to. In other words, since the environmental impact information is converted into monetary value, the relationship between the cost invested and the obtained economic effect can be indexed, and this index can be used to easily and objectively evaluate environmental management. it can.
[0084]
Further, since the environmental management information is acquired for each life cycle stage and each product, the degree of freedom in selecting the evaluation target can be given, and a detailed evaluation can be performed.
[0085]
In the above-described embodiment, the “environmental effect rate” and the “environmental profit rate” have been exemplified as indices, but the indices used for evaluating environmental management are not limited to these. For example, “environmental improvement efficiency”, “environmental impact profit rate”, “social cost improvement rate”, “social cost profit rate”, “environmental impact sales index”, “social cost sales rate”, and the like may be used.
[0086]
“Environmental improvement efficiency” is an index indicating, for each environmental load item, how much the amount of environmental load can be reduced per unit environmental conservation cost by calculating Expression 7.
(Equation 7)
Environmental improvement efficiency = amount of environmental load reduction / total environmental conservation cost
[0087]
The “environmental load profit ratio” is an index indicating how much added value to the company has been obtained with respect to the unit discharge amount of the environmental load by calculating Expression 8.
(Equation 8)
Return on Environmental Impact = Gross Profit / Total Environmental Impact
[0088]
The “social cost improvement rate” is an index indicating whether the social cost was reduced efficiently by calculating Expression 9.
(Equation 9)
Social cost improvement rate = total social cost reduction / total environmental conservation cost
[0089]
The “social cost profit ratio” is an index indicating whether the profit of the company can be obtained at an appropriate social cost by calculating Expression (10).
(Equation 10)
Social cost profit ratio = Gross profit / Total social cost
[0090]
The “environmental impact sales index” is an index that indicates whether a business activity is being performed with an environmental impact commensurate with the business scale by calculating Expression 11.
[Equation 11]
Environmental Impact Sales Index = Sales / Environmental Impact Amount Total
[0091]
The “social cost sales rate” is an index indicating whether a business activity is being performed at a social cost commensurate with the business scale by calculating Expression 12.
(Equation 12)
Social cost sales rate = Sales / Total social cost
[0092]
The classification of the business state described in the above embodiment is an example, and the type of the classification and the standard thereof are arbitrary. Therefore, the threshold value to be compared with the index value is also arbitrary, and can be appropriately changed according to the set conditions and targets.
[0093]
The environmental management evaluation device 100 in the above embodiment can be configured not only by a dedicated device but also by a general-purpose computer device such as a personal computer, for example. In this case, the environmental management evaluation device 100 can be configured by installing a part or all of the program for realizing each of the above processes on a general-purpose computer device and executing the program under control of an OS or the like. The distribution form of the program to the computer device is arbitrary. For example, it can be distributed by recording it on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or by superimposing it on a carrier wave via a communication medium (such as the Internet).
[0094]
In the above embodiment, the environmental management information acquired and accumulated by the environmental management evaluation device 100 is that of the entity R. For example, environmental management information of another company in the same industry is acquired, and the evaluation result is compared with that of the other company. May be configured. Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which the environmental management evaluation device 100 is installed in the business entity R and operated by the business entity. However, for example, the environmental management evaluation device 100 is operated by a third party organization or the like. Alternatively, a configuration may be adopted in which environmental management information of a plurality of business entities is acquired and environmental management evaluation information of each company is provided through the Internet or the like.
[0095]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, environmental management can be evaluated easily and objectively.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an environmental management evaluation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a database field created in the environmental management information database shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a record constituting a database field shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of environmental load information recorded in the record shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of environmental conservation cost information recorded in a record shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of reduced environmental load information recorded in the record illustrated in FIG. 3;
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of economic effect information recorded in the record shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a database creation process according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an environmental management evaluation process according to the embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a diagram showing a display example of a target designation screen displayed in the environmental management evaluation process shown in FIG.
11 is a diagram showing an example of an evaluation table created in the environmental management evaluation process shown in FIG.
12 is a diagram showing another example of the evaluation table created in the environmental management evaluation process shown in FIG.
FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining classification of environmental management states.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a management state determination process executed in the environmental management evaluation process illustrated in FIG. 9;
15 is a diagram showing a display example of an evaluation result screen displayed in the environmental management evaluation process shown in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Computer system
100 Environmental Management Evaluation System

Claims (8)

An environmental protection cost information obtaining step for obtaining environmental protection cost information indicating costs invested in environmental protection activities in business activities;
Economic effect information acquisition step of acquiring economic effect information indicating an economic effect according to the put environmental conservation cost,
Environmental load information acquisition step of obtaining environmental load information indicating the amount of environmental load in the business activity,
Based on the obtained environmental load information, a reduced environmental load calculation step of calculating reduced environmental load information indicating the amount of environmental load reduced according to the put environmental conservation cost,
At least, using the environmental conservation cost information, the economic effect information, the environmental load information, and the reduced environmental load information, an index calculation step of calculating an index for the business activity,
An evaluation step of evaluating the business activity based on the calculated index,
An environmental management evaluation method comprising: The index calculating step calculates an index indicating an environmental rate of return for the environmental conservation activity by calculating Expression 1.
The evaluation step evaluates the environmental conservation activity from the viewpoint of economic efficiency by comparing a numerical value shown in the calculated index with a predetermined threshold,
The environmental management evaluation method according to claim 1, wherein:

The index calculating step converts the reduced environmental load information into amount information, and calculates an index as the reduced social cost of the reduced amount of environmental load based on the converted amount information,
The evaluating step evaluates the environmental conservation activity from the viewpoint of economic efficiency based on the index,
The environmental management evaluation method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The index calculating step calculates an index indicating an environmental effect rate of the environmental conservation activity by calculating Expression 2.
The evaluation step evaluates the environmental conservation activity from the viewpoint of economic efficiency by comparing a numerical value shown in the calculated index with a predetermined threshold,
The environmental management evaluation method according to claim 3, wherein:

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the step of acquiring environmental conservation cost information, the step of acquiring economic effect information, and the step of acquiring environmental load information acquire information for each predetermined unit relating to the business activity. Or the environmental management evaluation method according to item 1. A program for causing a computer to execute each step of the environmental management evaluation method according to any one of claims 1 to 5. Environmental conservation cost information acquisition means for acquiring and accumulating environmental conservation cost information indicating costs spent on environmental conservation activities in business activities;
Economic effect information acquisition means for acquiring and accumulating economic effect information indicating an economic effect according to the invested environmental conservation cost among the economic effects in the business activities,
Environmental load information obtaining means for obtaining and storing environmental load information indicating the amount of environmental load in the business activity,
Based on the obtained environmental load information, reduced environmental load calculating means for calculating reduced environmental load information indicating the amount of environmental load reduced according to the environmental protection cost put,
The environmental load shown in the environmental load information, and a conversion unit that converts the reduced environmental load shown in the reduced environmental load information into a predetermined unit,
At least, the environmental conservation cost information, the economic effect information, the environmental load information, an index calculating means for calculating an index using the reduced environmental load information,
Evaluation means for evaluating and presenting the environmental conservation activity from the viewpoint of economic efficiency based on the calculated index,
An environmental management evaluation device comprising: A program for causing a computer to function as the environmental management evaluation device according to claim 7.

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