JP2012003558A - Environmental activity promotion system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To return points to a system user and to contribute to the society through donations to external institutions or the like compatibly in an environmental activity promotion system.SOLUTION: The environmental activity promotion system imparts points corresponding to a point imparting object activity executed by a system user, and includes system user registration means, point imparting and registration means, environmental activity registration means, point sum-up analysis means, point distribution means, point return registration means and electronic money return means.

Description

  In the present invention, when a system user belonging to an organization performs a point granting target environmental activity, points are given according to the implemented point granting target activity, and a predetermined percentage of the given points is assigned to the system. The present invention relates to an environmental activity promotion system that returns electronic money to a user and provides the remaining points as a predetermined article or money to an external organization.

  In recent years, in order to stimulate customers' willingness to purchase in retail facilities such as retail stores, points that can be used instead of money (or together with money) at the later date when purchasing a product, etc. are converted into the purchase price or the type of purchased product. A point granting system that grants in response is used (see Patent Document 1). In general, this type of point granting system is often adopted for each store. However, in Patent Document 2, convenience is provided by giving or using points across a plurality of stores. A technique relating to a point granting system that further improves the point is disclosed.

  Here, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications have introduced such point granting systems as environmentally friendly products (such as televisions compatible with digital terrestrial broadcasting, energy-saving air conditioners and refrigerators, etc.). ) Is promoted to protect the environment by applying it to an eco-point granting system that gives eco-points to customers who have purchased). In this eco-point grant system, customers can enjoy the merit that they can use the given points when acquiring other products at a later date by purchasing environmentally-friendly products. As a result, the willingness to purchase for such products will increase, and as a result, the contribution to environmental protection will also increase. On the other hand, with the increased distribution of environmentally friendly products, product manufacturers are also investing in research and development of such environmentally friendly products, promoting the creation of an environmentally friendly society as a whole. Is done.

  Such a point grant system in consideration of environmental protection is also being considered for introduction to a private company as shown in Patent Document 3, for example.

Japanese Patent No. 3378865 Japanese Patent No. 4394316 JP 2002-215751 A

  In Patent Document 3, the purchase of an environmentally conscious product is a condition in order to receive points. For this reason, there is a technical problem that points are not awarded for environmental activities that do not involve the purchase of products. Specifically, environmental activities include a wide range of activities that do not involve the purchase of products, such as volunteer cleaning, acquisition of eco-certification, eco-commuting, participation in tree planting events, and bringing my bottles. Points cannot be awarded to those who have performed these environmental activities.

  In addition, efforts to promote environmental activities are being made every day by organizations such as companies, but other methods are being sought for further improving the motivation of employees for environmental protection. In particular, in recent years, there is a situation in which profit-making organizations are required to actively contribute to the environmental society by returning a part of profits obtained by profit-making organizations such as companies to external organizations such as environment-related organizations. .

  The present invention has been made in view of, for example, the above-described problems. When a system user belonging to an organization implements a point grant target environmental activity, points are given according to the implemented point grant target activity. An environmental activity in which a predetermined percentage of the granted points is returned to the system user as electronic money, and the remaining of the granted points is provided to an external organization as predetermined goods or money The challenge is to provide a promotion system.

  In order to solve the above problems, the environmental activity promotion system of the present invention provides an environment in which points are given according to the implemented point granting target activity when a system user belonging to the organization executes the point granting target environmental activity. An activity promotion system comprising: system user registration means for registering system user identification information for identifying the system user; and the number and points of points given when performing the point granting environmental activity Registered by the point grant registration means for registering the conditions for granting, the environmental activity registration means for registering the contents of the point grant target environmental activities performed by the system user, and the environmental activity registration means Based on the contents of the environmental activities for which the points are granted, the points granted are aggregated and analyzed. Point collection and analysis means, points used to return the given points as electronic money to the system user, and used to provide external organizations as predetermined goods or money Point distribution means for allocating to the system user at a predetermined ratio, and among the allocated points, the points used for returning the system user as electronic money are sent to the system user as electronic money. A point redemption registration means for registering a conversion rate at the time of redemption, and an electronic money reduction means for returning electronic money calculated based on the registered conversion rate to the system user. Features.

  In one aspect of the environmental activity promotion system of the present invention, the electronic money return means returns electronic money to the system user by electronic commerce with a server held by a third party issuing electronic money. And

  In another aspect of the environmental activity promotion system of the present invention, the system further comprises weight registration means for registering a weighting coefficient that defines the predetermined ratio. In this case, the weighting coefficient may be set using a balance point of game theory.

  In another aspect of the environmental activity promotion system of the present invention, the sum of the total amount of electronic money returned to the system user and the total amount of provision of predetermined goods or money provided to the external organization is defined in advance. Is set to be less than or equal to the upper limit value of the total return cost of the organization, and the upper limit value of the total return cost is actually the profit of the organization, the expected number of points given by the activity of the system user, It is set based on at least one of the difference with the number of points given and the maximum return amount per system user.

  The amount of electronic money returned to each of the system users may be limited to a predetermined threshold value or less.

  In another aspect of the environmental activity promotion system of the present invention, the amount of electronic money returned to the system user is acquired by the system user based on the number of points acquired by the system user and the profit of the organization. It is set based on the difference between one of the median value and the average value of the number of points.

  In another aspect of the environmental activity promotion system of the present invention, when the remaining period of the expiration date of the returned electronic money becomes shorter than the first period, the system user that is the return destination of the electronic money is notified to the system user. In addition, electronic money non-acquisition notification means for notifying the fact is further provided.

  In another aspect of the environmental activity promotion system of the present invention, when the returned electronic money is not acquired by the system user within a second period, the electronic money is donated to the external organization. And

  In another aspect of the environmental activity promotion system of the present invention, the system further comprises accounting processing means for accounting the electronic money as a welfare expense.

  In another aspect of the environmental activity promotion system of the present invention, the environmental activity registration means uses the portable information terminal accessible via the Internet to display the contents of the point grant target environmental activity performed by the system user. It is characterized by registering.

  According to the present invention, points are given to environmental activities performed by a system user belonging to an organization such as a company (may be an individual employee or an internal organization such as a department or section). , Part of the total points can be converted into electronic money and returned to the system users who performed the environmental activities, and the system users' awareness of participation in environmental activities can be improved. By providing an external organization such as a group or a regional contributing company as a predetermined article or money, the organization can contribute to the environmental society. Especially in the present invention, since it is not necessary to accompany the environmental activities to which points are given, it is possible to handle a wide variety of environmental activities, and to effectively improve the contribution of the organization to the environmental society. it can.

  In addition, it is possible to set the ratio of the ratio of returning points to the system user as electronic money and the ratio of returning to the external organization based on the result of automatic tabulation analysis of environmental activities. As a result, the distribution to the system users who carried out environmental activities in a distribution according to the situation of the organization (for example, the interests of the organization) according to the aggregate analysis results, and social contribution through external organizations Can be compatible.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of an environmental activity promotion system. It is an example of the user table in which the information regarding a system user is stored in a system user registration process. In a point grant registration process, it is an example of the point master table in which the data regarding a point grant target environmental activity are stored. In a weighting registration process, it is an example of the weighting master table which stored the weighting coefficient W. It is an example of the environmental activity table which inputs the content of the point grant target environmental activity which the system user implemented in environmental activity input and display processing. It is an example of the point table in which the operation result of this system totaled and analyzed in the point totaling / analysis process is stored. It is an example of the point reduction master table in which a calculation result is stored in the point reduction registration process. It is an example of the point return transmission history table in which the number of return points to the system user is stored in the point return transmission process. It is an example of distribution of the total point for every system user number when the total number of specific system users with a small number of persons is prominently large compared to other system users. FIG. 10 specifically shows correction points and difference points in the case of FIG. 9. It is an example of distribution of the total points when the difference points are calculated based on the median value of the total points. It is an example of the electronic money acquisition ID table in which various data are stored in the electronic money acquisition method registration process.

  Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the dimensions, materials, shapes, relative arrangements, and the like of the components described in this embodiment are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention unless otherwise specified, but are merely illustrative examples. Not too much.

<1. Overall system configuration>
First, the outline of the environmental activity promotion system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the environmental activity promotion system according to the present embodiment. In the environmental activity promotion system in the present embodiment, a company is handled as an example of an organization according to the present invention, and each employee belonging to the company is handled as an example of a system user.

  The environmental activity promotion system is configured around a main server 10 handled by a server administrator. The server administrator is a person in charge of managing the main server 10 in a company that has introduced the environmental activity promotion system, and who gives various instructions to the main server 10 in the operation management of the environmental activity promotion system. It is. The server administrator himself / herself as a system user may perform the environmental activities described below.

  The main server 10 mainly includes a control device (not shown) and a storage device (not shown). The control device includes, for example, an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) and a buffer memory such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), and can control the entire operation of the main server 10. It is a configured control unit. The control device executes the application stored in the storage device, so that the main server 10 functions as an example of the environmental activity promotion system according to the present invention. The main server 10 is pre-installed with software so as to function as a Web server, and is configured so that a person other than a server administrator such as a system user can access via the Internet. That is, when viewed from a person other than the server administrator, such as a system user, the environmental activity promotion system operates as a Web application.

  The main server 10 includes a system user registration unit 11, a point grant registration unit 12, a weight registration unit 13, a table initialization unit 14, an environmental activity registration unit 15, a point total analysis unit 16, a point return registration unit 17, and a point return transmission. Means 18, electronic money acquisition method registration means 19, electronic money acquisition method display means 20, and electronic money non-acquisition notification means 21. The point return transmission means 18, the electronic money acquisition method registration means 19 and the electronic money acquisition method display means 20 collectively function as an “electronic money return means” according to the present invention. Each of these means is appropriately called at each stage of processing described below in accordance with a command from the server administrator.

  A database 30 is connected to the main server 10, and database management system software for controlling data storage or output for the database 30 is installed in the main server 10 in advance. The database 30 corresponds to each means of the main server 10, such as a user table 31, a point master table 32, a weighting master table 33, an environmental activity table 35, a point table 36, a point return master table 37, and a point return transmission history table. 38 and an electronic money acquisition ID table 39.

  The main server 10 is connected to input means (not shown) such as a keyboard and a mouse, and the system administrator can input various data to the database 30 via the input means. .

  In this embodiment, the system user is a person who uses the environmental activity promotion system, and is the same organization as the server administrator (for example, the same company) or some related organization (for example, a subsidiary, a brother company, a group) For example, an individual employee or an in-house organization (for example, a department, a section, or a project team). The system user has a terminal 50 that is used when reporting the contents of the environmental activities performed by the system user to the main server 10. Moreover, the electronic money settlement card 60 for acquiring electronic money returned as a result of carrying out environmental activities is held.

  The management department corresponds to the management layer of the organization to which the server administrator and the system user belong, and may be an individual manager or a department composed of a plurality of personnel such as a business management department of a company. . Needless to say, the management department itself may perform the environmental activities described below as a system user.

  In this embodiment, the explanation is given for the case where the server administrator, the system user, and the management department belong to the same company. However, there are a wide variety of modes in which the operation management of this system can be performed, such as when some functions are outsourced. Needless to say, it can be applied.

A financial institution is a financial institution that conducts electronic commerce when handling electronic money in the operation of this environmental activity promotion system, for example, a bank, a financial card company, or various financial institutions such as consumer finance.
<2. Operation of Environmental Activity Promotion System>

Next, an operation example of the environmental activity promotion system according to the present embodiment will be sequentially described for each process with reference to FIG.
<2-1. System user registration process>

  First, the server administrator inputs system user identification information for identifying each of the system users who use this system via the input means, and stores the data in the user table 31 so as to store the data. Instruct the server 10 (step 1). At this time, the main server 10 functions as the system user registration unit 11 and this process is referred to as a system user registration process.

Here, FIG. 2 is an example of a user table 31 in which system user identification information is stored in the system user registration process. The user table 31 includes items of “system user number”, “user name”, “password”, “registration date”, and “authority” as items constituting the system user identification information. ing. Here, the “password” is encryption that is set to prevent impersonation of another person when the system user uses this system, and is a password that can be set by the system user. The password typically has a role of improving the security of the system by requesting an input at the time of starting the system or at each timing when various processes described below are executed. . It is desirable that the password can be changed by the user himself. Typically, the initial password notified by the server administrator is input at the first access to the system, and the password is used at the next and subsequent accesses. The user should be recognized by using the changed password changed by the user. The item “authority” is an item for determining whether the person corresponding to the system user number has the authority of the system administrator or the system user.
<2-2. Point grant registration process>

  Returning to FIG. 1 again, the server administrator then inputs information on the environmental activities that are the points to be given when the system user performs (hereinafter referred to as “point giving target environmental activities” as appropriate) The main server 10 is instructed to store the data in the point master table 32 (step 2). At this time, the main server 10 functions as the point grant registration means 12, and this process is referred to as a point grant registration process.

  Here, FIG. 3 is an example of the point master table 32 in which data related to the point grant target environmental activity is stored in the point grant registration process. In the point master table 32, items of “point grant target activity”, “unit point”, “activity unit”, “application target”, “application condition 1”, and “application condition 2” are provided. Here, the item of “point granting activity” is a specific activity name that is a point granting target when the system user implements it. In this example, as an activity to be awarded points, eco-certification acquisition, volunteer cleaning, lunch break cleaning activity, tree planting event, eco-cap, environmental household account book (gas / electricity / water / gasoline), environmentally conscious design, use of my bottle My chopsticks activities, eco-driving and eco-commuting are set, but other environmental activities may be included as appropriate.

  The item of “unit points” in the point master table 32 stores the number of points given when the point granting activity is performed by the number of units. The item of “activity unit” is the activity unit of the activity to which points are given. The “applicable target” item is an item for classifying whether the target of the activity is an individual employee or an in-house organization according to the type of the activity to be given points. The items of “Applicable condition 1” and “Applicable condition 2” are items that can be set individually in such cases because there may be specific conditions at the time of granting points depending on the type of environmental activity. By providing such items, the present system can handle a wide variety of environmental activities as point granting activities.

  Here, in the effective operation of the environmental activity promotion system, the matters to be considered in order to appropriately set the unit points for each point granting activity will be specifically described.

  First, as the first consideration, there is an environmental load reduction amount obtained when the point grant target environmental activity is executed by the number of units. The environmental activity promotion system aims to contribute to environmental society by promoting participation of system users in environmental activities. Therefore, by setting a large unit point for an activity that is highly effective in reducing the environmental load, the system user's willingness to participate in the activity can be stimulated. As a result, it is possible to promote active participation in environmental activities with a high degree of contribution, so that the above objective can be expected to be achieved efficiently.

  Here, as a typical example of the environmental load reduction amount, the generation reduction amount of carbon dioxide can be considered. Kunihiro Yamada: The “100 million environmental household account book” (1996) includes carbon dioxide generation per unit consumption for various energy sources (electricity, city gas, kerosene, heavy oil, gasoline, waste oil, waste plastic, etc.) The amount of carbon dioxide generated per unit usage time of home appliances and information devices is described, and these can be handled as environmental load reduction amounts. For example, when an eco cap is assumed as a point granting environmental activity, assuming that the weight per eco cap is 2 g, the reference includes the amount of carbon dioxide generated by 1 kg waste combustion of waste plastic. Since it is 0.700 kg, it is considered that this can be reduced by recycling, and the amount of carbon dioxide generation of 1.4 g per ecocap can be reduced. On the other hand, when environmental activities that do not directly reduce CO2 emissions, such as obtaining an Eco Certification as environmental activities, are treated as points subject to environmental activities, they are generated annually due to the average Japanese personal energy consumption. Focusing on the fact that the amount of carbon dioxide generated is 1.33 ton / year, it is assumed that a reduction effect of 1% can be obtained by eco-consciousness. As a result, it can be estimated that 13 kg of carbon dioxide generation can be reduced when the eco-certification is acquired once. By setting the unit points based on the estimated environmental load reduction amount, contribution to environmental protection can be effectively promoted.

Another consideration when setting unit points is the degree of difficulty in carrying out environmental activities to be awarded points. Generally, there are a wide variety of point granting environmental activities, and the level of difficulty for the system user varies depending on the type. For example, some of the environmental activities subject to point grants contribute greatly to the reduction of carbon dioxide, but due to the high level of implementation difficulty, conversely, from environmental activities that do not contribute much to the reduction of carbon dioxide, to environmental activities with low implementation difficulty. Widely included. In order to promote environmental activities for the system users, it is necessary to give points that make the system users feel motivated to participate, reflecting the amount of carbon dioxide reduction and the difficulty of implementation. Therefore, a coefficient is set for each type of environmental activity subject to point grant according to the amount of carbon dioxide reduction and the level of difficulty of implementation, and the unit point is expressed by the following formula: Unit point = CO2 reduction amount when the activity unit is implemented × coefficient (1)
A method of setting can be considered.

Immediately after the introduction of this system (or at the start of operation), a pattern table of coefficients is created for each point granting environmental activity based on the experimental design method for employees in advance. It is good to raise your willingness to participate in environmental activities by making it public. Then, after the results after the introduction of the present system are formed, the coefficients may be set reflecting the past results, such as adopting the coefficients used in the period when the good results were obtained. In addition, when it is desired to arbitrarily promote participation in a specific point granting environmental activity, by increasing the coefficient corresponding to that environmental activity, the system user's awareness of participation in the specific point granting activity is increased. It can be arbitrarily increased.
<2-3. Weighting registration process>

Returning to FIG. 1 again, the server administrator subsequently sets a weighting coefficient W, which is a ratio of the points given to the system user by returning the points given when the system user performs the point granting environmental activity. Input and instruct the main server 10 to store in the weighting master table 33 (step 3). Here, the weighting coefficient W is defined by the following equation.
Weighting factor W = number of points returned to the system user / total number of points awarded (2)
At this time, the main server 10 functions as the weighted registration means 13 and this process is referred to as a weighted registration process.

Here, regarding the setting method of the weighting coefficient W, the situation in which the present system is operated will be described as a game having the following five characteristics. In this game, the system user who is an employee of the company is assumed to be the player, and the weighting coefficient W is assumed to be the gain of the entire company to which the employee who is the player belongs.
I. It is a non-cooperative game where players make decisions independently.
II. It is a non-zero sum game that does not include companies.
III. Maximizing W is the player's goal, and each player's strategy is to select which activity to participate in in order to achieve this goal.
IV. It is a game with incomplete information, where the strategy and gains of other players are not sure.
V. It is a repetitive game played every year.

  In this type of game, a gain W is calculated for each of a plurality of strategies that can be considered by each player based on a predetermined rule, and a strategy that minimizes the risk and maximizes the gain W is selected. It will be. In this embodiment, as a predetermined rule, by disclosing a list of unit points for each point granting environmental activity for each player, the player who saw the table performs the point granting environmental activity. Consider the assumption that the game progresses according to the rule that the points are accumulated and the gain W increases.

Here, the activity implementation type ratio RA and the participant ratio RP are introduced as variables. The activity implementation type ratio RA is a ratio of the point grant target activities actually performed by the system user among the many point grant target activities, and is defined by the following equation.
Activity implementation type ratio RA = number of activities for which points were awarded / total number of activities for which points were awarded (3)
Participant ratio RP is the ratio of the system users who actually participated in some point granting environmental activities out of the total number of system users of this environmental activity promotion system, and is defined by the following equation.
Participating user ratio RP = number of participating system users / total number of system users (4)

  Here, FIG. 4 is an example of the weighting master table 33 in which the weighting coefficient W is stored in the weighting registration process. 4A is an example represented in a table format, and FIG. 4B is an example represented in a diagram format. In the weighting master table 33, a weighting coefficient W is set in advance according to the values of the activity execution type ratio RA and the participant ratio RP. In the example of FIG. 4, the weighting coefficient W is set to increase as the activity implementation type ratio RA and the participant ratio RP increase, and the maximum weighting coefficient W is set to 0.5.

The weighting coefficient W stored in the weighting master table 33 may be reviewed at regular or irregular timing. As a specific review method, for example, the following method can be considered.
I. When it is necessary to promote the increase in system users, such as at the beginning of system operation, the weighting coefficient W is increased overall, and the system users are more actively encouraged to participate in this environmental activity promotion system. Review as you do.
II. If there is a past system operation record, the weighting master table of the weighting coefficient W for the year when the system operation result was good is reviewed.
III. In the example of the weighting master table shown in FIG. 4, the weighting coefficient W is set to be small when both the activity execution type ratio RA and the participant ratio RP are small. In this case, since the total amount of return cost, which will be described later, is returned to a small number of system users to which points are to be returned, the amount of return allocated per system user tends to increase. Under such circumstances, the system user who recognizes the tendency is expected to actively participate in the point-targeted environmental activities in order to obtain more points. It is advisable to review the weighting factor W so as to promote the willingness to carry out environmental activities by intentionally creating such a situation. This is because, in general, in a non-zero sum game, as long as other players continue to adopt the same strategy, there is a point where the gain cannot be improved (Nash equilibrium point) by changing the strategy alone. This is based on the unconscious recognition.

The contents of the weighting master table 33 set as described above (that is, the weighting coefficient W) are disclosed to the employees appropriately before the system operation or during the operation period, so that the system user can participate in environmental activities. The effect of prompting is obtained.
<2-4. System initialization processing>

Returning to FIG. 1 again, the system administrator uses the environmental activity table 35, the point table 36, the point return master table 37, the point return transmission history table 38, and the electronic money acquisition ID table used in the subsequent processes in the database 30. The main server 10 is instructed to initialize 39 (step 4). At this time, the main server 10 functions as the system initialization unit 14 and this process is referred to as a system initialization process. The point return transmission history table 38 may be excluded from a table to be initialized for history storage.
<2-5. Environmental Activity Registration Process>

  Subsequently, the system user uses the terminal 50 to store the activity contents of the point granting environmental activity performed by the system user in the environmental activity table 35 in the database 30. (Step 5). At this time, the main server 10 functions as the environmental activity registration means 15 and this processing is referred to as environmental activity registration processing.

  The terminal 50 is a terminal owned by a system user who actually performs the point grant target environmental activity. When the system user performs the point granting environmental activity, the system user inputs the contents of the point granting environmental activity performed via the terminal 50, thereby the environmental activity table 35 via the Internet. The contents are stored in. The specific form of the terminal 50 may be, for example, a desktop personal computer, a notebook personal computer, a mobile phone, or the like. It goes without saying that the main server 10 may be connected using various communication modes such as a telephone line and a LAN in addition to the Internet.

Here, FIG. 5 is an example of the environmental activity table 35 in which the contents of the point grant target environmental activities performed by the system user in the environmental activity input / display processing are stored. The environmental activity table 35 includes “system user number”, “environmental activity to which points are given”, “activity quantity”, “point”, “gas reduction amount (m ³ )”, “electric power reduction amount (kWH)”, The items of “Water Reduction (m ³ )”, “Others”, “Environmental Activity Start Date”, “Environmental Activity End Date”, and “Point Registration Date” are provided. In addition, when there is an item specific to the type of environmental activity to which points are to be given, it is better to respond by individually entering the “other” item.

When the system user inputs to the environmental activity table, a photograph or the like may be attached as the environmental activity certificate. As an input means, for example, by making a web-accessible portable information terminal using VPN (Virtual Private Network) available, a system user can directly input from the site where environmental activities are performed. Even more effective.
<2-6. Point total analysis processing>

  Returning to FIG. 1 again, the server administrator stores various tables (specifically, a user table 31, a point master table 32, a weighting master table 33, and an environmental activity table) in which various data are stored in steps 1 to 5. 35), the main server 10 is instructed to aggregate and analyze the operation results of this system (step 6). At this time, the main server 10 functions as the point total analysis unit 16 and this process is referred to as a point total analysis process.

The main server 10 stores the operation results of the collected and analyzed system in the point table 36 in the database 30. Here, FIG. 6 is an example of the point table 36 in which the operation results of the present system that have been aggregated and analyzed in the point aggregation analysis processing are stored. The point table 36 includes items of “system user number”, “point granting activity”, “cumulative point”, and “latest point registration date”. In the example of FIG. 6, accumulated points and the latest point registration date are stored for each system user number and point granting activity. Here, the accumulated points in the point table are calculated by the following equation for each point granting activity and system user.
Accumulated points = Unit points x Activity quantity (5)
The unit points may be read from the point master table 32 (see FIG. 3), and the activity quantities may be read from the environmental activity table 35 (see FIG. 5). In addition, in the example of FIG. 6, the accumulated points for the system user number and the activity for which points are given and the latest point registration date are aggregated and analyzed. Various total analysis may be performed for each parameter of various tables of the database 30 such as the total number of points awarded and the total number of points awarded for each type of point granting activity.

  The total analysis results stored in the point table 36 are displayed on a display screen of the terminal 50 owned by the system user or a display screen of a shared monitor installed in a company to which the system user belongs. It is recommended to promote the improvement of environmental awareness by making the system user visually recognize the accumulated points. At that time, it is preferable to display the total acquisition points, average acquisition points, etc. of the entire company at the same time, since this will further increase the awareness of environmental activities.

  Note that the operation result obtained in the point totaling analysis process may be output in a form format such as a word or Excel. In this case, especially if the type of environmental activities subject to point grants is an environmental household account book, eco-driving or eco-commuting, etc., the amount of environmental impact reduction (greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, atmospheric air such as nitrogen oxides) By automatically calculating numerical values for pollutants, reduced amounts of water pollutants such as oil), energy saving (energy conversion), and resource saving (quantity of water, fuel, paper, etc.), the environment It is even more effective because it can numerically grasp the degree of contribution to the project, compare the original planned value with the actual value, and easily grasp the degree of achievement of the target. For such environmental load conversion, for example, the numerical values described in the above-mentioned document (Kunihiro Yamada: “100 million environmental household account book” (1996)) can be used. In particular, in this embodiment, by outputting these operation results to the management department in a form format, the operation results can be reflected in the entire company in a top-down format, which is more effective.

In addition, when the point granting activity is an environmental household account book or environment-friendly design, when inputting the point granting activity performed by the system user in step 5, unique data items and detailed data items (for example, More detailed environmental load reduction analysis may be performed by inputting the type of gas, the type of home appliance, and the like.
<2-7. Point reduction registration process>

  Subsequently, referring back to FIG. 1, the system administrator calculates the total number of points given and the total return cost, which is the cost returned to the system user, based on the total analysis result in the point total analysis process (step 6). The main server 10 is instructed to calculate and store in the point reduction master table 37 in the database 30 (step 7). At this time, the main server 10 functions as a point return registration unit 17 and a point distribution unit, and this process is referred to as a point return registration process.

  FIG. 7 is an example of the point return master table 37 in which the calculation result is stored in the point return registration process. In the point return master table 37, items "point return number", "total return cost", and "registration date" are provided. Here, the “point return number” is the total number of points given, and the total return cost is the total return cost to the system user. A specific example of a method for calculating the total reduction cost will be described below.

  In recent years, there is an increasing tendency to make socially responsible investment (SRI) to solve global environmental and energy problems for commercial organizations such as companies. As a means for this, in this environmental activity promotion system, the organization makes a socially responsible investment by returning a certain percentage of its profits to an external organization such as an environment-related organization or a community contribution organization. Indirectly, by returning the profits of the company to the employees themselves according to their contribution to the reduction of the global environmental load achieved as a result of the efficient execution of corporate activities by employees belonging to the organization You can also make social contributions. In such a system, it is necessary to achieve corporate social contribution by returning profits in a balanced manner to the above two methods.

  When returning profits obtained by an organization to system users belonging to the organization, if a large amount of points is returned only to a specific part of the system users, it is said that it contributes to environmental activities. There is a risk that the original significance of the system may be impaired. In addition, the system user is able to carry out the environmental activities subject to point granting indefinitely, but the amount that can be allocated to the return for environmental activities in the organization (for example, the annual budget in the case of a company) is a reality. There is a limit. Therefore, in this system, an upper limit total amount M3 of return costs as an upper limit value of the amount that can be returned by the organization and a maximum individual point plan value as an upper limit value of granted points per system user are set.

A method for calculating the total return cost M4 for calculating the total return cost will be specifically described below.
First, the profit return rate, which is the ratio of the return amount of the organization's profit, is R1, the environmental load reduction return rate is R2, the point value converted value is M, the return amount M1 returned from the organization's profit, the global environmental load The reduction amount M2 and the total reduction cost upper limit M3 for reduction and the total return cost M4 for environmental activities are respectively defined by the following equations.
M1 = Corporate profit × R1 (6)
M2 = Max {0.0, (total number of implemented points-total number of planned points) x R2} x M (7)
M3 = total number of system users × maximum individual point plan value × M (8)
M4 = Min {M1 + M2, M3} (9)
In addition, the “total number of execution points” in the equation (7) is the number of points given by the system user performing environmental activities, and the “total number of planned points” is the number of points that the company has predicted as a planned value in advance. .

Here, a specific calculation example is shown. For example, as an organization to which the system user who is an employee belongs, the number of employees is 6, corporate profit per year is 6,000,000 yen, and profit return rate R1 is 1. / 20, environmental load reduction reduction rate R2 is 1/2, point value converted value is 1 yen / point, total planned points are 100,000 points, total number of implemented points is 150,000 points, maximum individual point planned value is 70, Assuming a case of 000 points, the total return cost M4 is calculated by equation (9):
M4 = Min (300,000 + 25,000,420,000) = 325,000 yen (10)
And calculated.

“Total return cost” shown in FIG. 7 is determined in consideration of the total return cost M4 and the weighting coefficient W. For example, when RA = 6/10 and RP = 4/6, the weighting coefficient W is 0.4 from the weighting master table shown in FIG. Therefore, the total reduction cost M0 is calculated by the following equation.
M0 = total reduction cost M4 × weighting coefficient W = 130,000 yen (11)
The amount that can be provided to the external organization is calculated by subtracting M0, which is the amount of return to the system user, from the total return cost M4.
325,000-130,000 = 195,000 yen (12)
<2-8. Point reduction transmission processing>

  Returning to FIG. 1 again, the server administrator then stores the return points to the system user in the point return transmission history table 38 and transmits it to the transaction server 70 owned by the management department. 10 is instructed (step 8). At this time, the main server 10 functions as the point return transmission means 18, and this process is referred to as a point return transmission process.

  Here, FIG. 8 is an example of the point return transmission history table 38 in which the number of return points to the system user is stored in the point return transmission process. The point return transmission history table 38 includes items of “system user number”, “transmission point”, “point registration date”, and “transmission date”. In the item “transmission point”, a result of accumulating points for each system user number from the point table 36 (hereinafter referred to as “aggregation point” as appropriate) is stored. Then, after the content is transmitted to the transaction server 70, the transmission date is stored in the item “transmission date”.

Subsequently, the transaction server 70 that has received the data transmitted by the point return transmission process creates a transaction file to be transmitted from the data to the financial server 80 and transmits the transaction file to the financial server 80 (step 9). The record specification of the transaction file is the same as that of the point return transmission history table 38, except that the transmission point is a point value calculated by the conversion value shown below. That is, first, the “point return number” and the “total return cost” in the point return master table 37 are read and the converted value is calculated.
Converted value = Total reduction cost / point reduction count (13)
The records of the point return transmission history table 38 are sequentially read out, the transmission points are converted by the following equation, and a transaction file record is created.
Transaction file transmission point = Conversion value × Point reduction transmission history file transmission point (14)

  Here, the transaction between the transaction server 70 and the financial server 80 is performed based on a general electronic commerce procedure. In the present embodiment, in particular, the financial server 80 is connected to the Internet, and when the transaction file is received from the transaction server 70, the transaction server 70 is charged for the cost corresponding to the number of transmission points in the transaction file, When the organization side pays the billed amount, the electronic money or service points corresponding to the points are put into an electronic settlement card held by the system user. Here, as a method of acquiring electronic money or service points to the electronic payment card held by the system user, after the organization pays the amount charged, the acquisition ID that can be used only by the system user is notified from the financial institution, By inputting the acquisition ID, the system user can acquire the corresponding electronic money or service point. A mobile phone having an electronic payment function may be used instead of the electronic payment card.

  In addition, since this environmental activity promotion system handles financial contents such as electronic money and point services, it is necessary to pay particular attention to security aspects in actual system development and operation. Since this is a matter to be taken into account in the transaction-related system, its detailed description is omitted in the present application.

  If there is an error during the execution of the above series of processing, for example, the state before the execution is stored as a backup, and the state before the execution is restored by the recovery processing using this. Good. The point return transmission process is typically performed at a frequency of once / year.

  Here, if the activity participants are greatly different at the time of planning and the actual results, there is a problem that the activity participants may suffer a disadvantage or the company may bear an amount more than expected. An example of a solution to the problem will be described below.

  If the total points of a small number of specific system users are prominent compared to other system users, if simply calculated to be proportional to the total points, only a small number of specific system users Profits may be reduced. For example, when the totaling result as shown in FIG. 9 is obtained, the return is increased only for the system users whose system user numbers are s06-002 and s06-009.

  For such a problem, it is possible to take a measure of setting an upper limit point per person for a system user in which the total points are prominent. For example, if the upper limit point per person is set to 3,000 points, the total number of points to be assumed in the entire company to which ten system users belong is 3,000 × 10 = 30,000 points. FIG. 10 shows the total points corrected by setting this upper limit point (hereinafter referred to as “correction points” as appropriate) and the difference between the total points and the correction points (hereinafter referred to as “difference points” as appropriate). It is shown as an example. As shown in FIG. 10, the amount of reduction for the system users with system user numbers s06-002 and s06-009 is suppressed.

  Another problem is that when the difference between the number of points assumed by the company in advance and the total correction points (30,000-16,200 = 13,800 in the above example) is large, Thus, there is a problem of whether to distribute to system users (hereinafter, this distributed point will be referred to as “distribution point” as appropriate). Assuming that the points earned by each system user will be calculated points (= correction points + distribution points) if they are returned to the point surplus only at the rate of difference points, as shown in FIG. The calculation points are large only for the system users with system user numbers s06-002 and s06-009, which gives an unfair feeling to other system users.

To solve such a problem, by calculating the difference points based on the median value of the aggregation points (700 in the above example), the difference points are expressed by the following equation: Difference points = Max {0, aggregation points-median value} (13 )
It is good to calculate from FIG. 11 shows the result of calculating the distribution points and the calculation points based on the equation (13). As shown in FIG. 11, the distribution is made to the point holders near the median, and the distribution becomes gentle compared to the case where the distribution is made only to the point excess persons. Can do. In the above description, the median value is adopted, but an average value may be used instead.
<2-9. Electronic money acquisition method registration process>

  Returning to FIG. 1 again, the server administrator instructs the main server 10 to store information corresponding to the transaction ID file in the electronic money acquisition ID table 39 based on the transaction ID file transmitted from the financial institution. (Step 9). At this time, the main server 10 functions as the electronic money acquisition method registration means 19 and this process is referred to as an electronic money acquisition method registration process.

Here, FIG. 12 is an example of an electronic money acquisition ID table 39 in which various data are stored in the electronic money acquisition method registration process. The electronic money acquisition ID table 39 includes items of “system user number”, “electronic money acquisition ID”, “electronic money”, “acquisition deadline”, “acquisition date”, and “access date”. Each item stores corresponding data based on a transaction ID file transmitted from a financial institution.
<2-10. Electronic money transaction method display processing>

Returning to FIG. 1 again, the system user instructs the main server 10 to read various information stored in the row of the system user number corresponding to the system user from the electronic money acquisition ID table 39 (steps). 10). When instructed in this way, for example, an electronic money acquisition ID corresponding to the system user is displayed on the screen together with an acquisition time limit.
<2-11. Acquisition of electronic money>

Thereafter, the user can acquire and use the electronic money or the service point in the electronic money card held by the user, for example, by inputting the electronic money acquisition ID at the terminal of the financial institution (step 11).
<2-12. Electronic money non-acquisition notification processing>

  As shown in the electronic money acquisition ID table 39, when the electronic money acquired by the system user has an acquisition deadline, the server administrator uses the system before the main server 10 has acquired the electronic money acquisition deadline for a certain period. The main server 10 is instructed to notify the user of the acquisition deadline (step 12). At this time, the main server 10 functions as the electronic money non-acquisition notification means 21 and this process is referred to as an electronic money non-acquisition notification process.

  If the electronic money is not acquired regardless of the notification, the server administrator may donate the electronic money to an external organization before the expiration of the electronic money acquisition deadline. You may instruct. In this case, since the expired electronic money can contribute to the environmental society as a donation to an external organization, it is preferable because there is no waste.

  As described above, according to the environmental activity promotion system according to the present embodiment, a system user belonging to an organization such as a company (an individual employee or an in-house organization such as a department or section may be used. ) Points are given to the environmental activities performed by the system users, and a part of the total points is converted into electronic money and returned to the system users who have conducted the environmental activities. In addition to providing the remainder of the point total to an external organization such as an environmental organization or a local contributor as predetermined goods or money, the organization can contribute to the environmental society.

  In the present invention, when a system user belonging to an organization performs a point granting target environmental activity, points are given according to the implemented point granting target activity, and a predetermined percentage of the given points is assigned to the system. The system can be used for an environmental activity promotion system that gives back to a user as electronic money and provides the remaining points as a predetermined article or money to an external organization.

  10 main server, 30 database, 50 terminal, 60 electronic money settlement card, 70 transaction server, 80 financial server

Claims (10)

When a system user belonging to an organization implements a point granting environmental activity, it is an environmental activity promotion system that gives points according to the implemented point granting activity,
System user registration means for registering system user identification information for identifying the system user;
Point grant registration means for registering the number of points granted in performing the point grant target environmental activity and the conditions for granting points;
Environmental activity registration means for registering the content of the point granting environmental activity performed by the system user;
Based on the content of the point grant target environmental activity registered by the environmental activity registration means, a point total analysis means for totalizing and analyzing the given points;
A predetermined ratio between the points used for returning the granted points as electronic money to the system user and the points used for providing them as predetermined goods or money to an external organization Point distribution means to distribute with,
Point return registration means for registering a conversion rate at the time when the points used for returning as electronic money to the system user among the allocated points are returned to the system user as electronic money When,
An environmental activity promotion system comprising: electronic money return means for returning electronic money calculated based on the registered conversion rate to the system user.   2. The environmental activity promotion system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic money return means returns electronic money to the system user by electronic commerce with a server held by a third party that issues electronic money. .   The environmental activity promotion system according to claim 1, further comprising weight registration means for registering a weight coefficient that defines the predetermined ratio.   The environmental activity promotion system according to claim 3, wherein the weighting coefficient is set using a balance point of game theory. The sum of the total amount of electronic money returned to the system user and the total amount of provision of predetermined goods or money provided to the external organization is equal to or less than the upper limit value of the total return cost of the organization specified in advance. Is set to
The upper limit of the total return cost is the profit of the organization, the difference between the expected number of points granted by the activity of the system user and the actual number of points granted, and the maximum return amount per system user. The environmental activity promotion system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the environmental activity promotion system is set based on at least one.   The amount of electronic money returned to the system user is the difference between the number of points earned by the system user and one of the median or average value of the points earned by the system user from the profits of the organization. The environmental activity promotion system according to claim 1, wherein the environmental activity promotion system is set based on   When the remaining period of the expiration date of the returned electronic money becomes shorter than the first period, the electronic money non-acquisition notification means for notifying the system user to which the electronic money is returned The environmental activity promotion system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising:   The electronic money is donated to the external organization when the returned electronic money is not acquired by the system user within a second period. The environmental activity promotion system described.   The environmental activity promotion system according to claim 1, further comprising accounting processing means for accounting the electronic money as a welfare expense.   The environmental activity registration means registers the contents of the point grant target environmental activity performed by the system user using a portable information terminal accessible via the Internet. The environmental activity promotion system according to any one of the above.

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