JP7114038B1 - GHG emission amount derivation device, GHG emission amount derivation method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus for deriving greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions) is provided. SOLUTION: In a GHG emission derivation system comprising a POS system, a terminal 5 and a GHG emission derivation device, the GHG emission derivation device 100 constitutes a product for deriving greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions). Equipped with a reception unit that receives the selection of each item to be used as each item, and an acquisition unit that acquires the identification information of each received item. Corresponding to each identification information acquired by the acquisition unit by referring to the storage unit that stores one of the GHG emission amount and the GHG emission amount at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item for each item a deriving unit for deriving GHG emissions of each item based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle inventory of each item. [Selection drawing] Fig. 2

Description

The present invention relates to a GHG emission derivation device, a GHG emission derivation method, and a program.

Patent Literature 1 describes the amount of greenhouse gases emitted from the production of electronic media content to the provision of it to users, and the raw materials of information communication equipment used by users to view or play electronic media. A method is disclosed for presenting a total amount of greenhouse gas emissions emitted from procurement to disposal or recycling to a user.
[Prior art documents]
[Patent Literature]
[Patent Document 1] JP 2014-215773 A

A GHG emission amount derivation device according to an aspect of the present invention may include an acquisition unit that acquires identification information of an item for which a greenhouse gas emission amount (GHG emission amount) is to be derived. The GHG emission amount derivation device associates with the identification information of each item, one of the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emission amount at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item is stored for each item, and based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of the target item corresponding to the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit, A derivation unit may be provided for deriving the GHG emissions of the item of interest.

The GHG emission amount derivation device may further include a reception unit that receives offset derivation conditions for the offset amount of GHG emissions. The derivation unit derives the offset amount of the GHG emission amount of the target item according to the offset derivation condition received by the reception unit, and further based on the derived offset amount, derives the GHG emission amount of the target item. good.

The offset derivation conditions may include at least one of the type of carbon offset, the percentage of carbon offset, the source of the cost of carbon offset, and the payment method of the cost of carbon offset.

GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle may include GHG emissions resulting from at least one of resource extraction, raw material production, item production, distribution/consumption, and disposal/recycling of the item.

The amount of GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle is determined by the application of primary data, which is the data indicating the amount of emissions derived by the subject of the activity related to the target item, and secondary data, which is data indicating the predetermined emission intensity. GHG emissions derived based on at least one of the estimates based on

The obtaining unit may obtain the identification information of the target item from at least one of the POS system, the ERP system, and the financial system.

A GHG emission derivation device according to an aspect of the present invention may include a reception unit that receives selection of each item to be used as each item constituting a product for deriving greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions). The GHG emissions derivation device may include an acquisition unit that acquires the identification information of each item received by the reception unit. The GHG emissions derivation device associates with each item's identification information, GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of each item, and GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item. One of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of each item corresponding to each identification information acquired by the acquisition unit by referring to the storage unit that stores one of for each item A derivation unit may be provided for deriving the respective GHG emissions of each item based on.

The derivation unit may derive the GHG emission amount of the product based on the GHG emission amount of each item.

The accepting unit may accept changes to the selected item. The acquiring unit may acquire identification information associated with the changed item when the accepting unit accepts the change of the item. The obtaining unit, the deriving unit, refers to the storage unit, and based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint corresponding to the changed item identification information and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event, the changed An item's GHG emissions may be derived.

The reception unit may receive offset derivation conditions for the offset amount of GHG emissions. The derivation unit may derive the GHG emission amount offset for each item according to the offset derivation condition received by the reception unit, and further derive the GHG emission amount for each item based on the derived offset amount.

The reception unit may receive offset derivation conditions for offset amounts of GHG emissions for each item. The derivation unit derives the offset amount of GHG emissions of each item according to the offset derivation conditions of each item received by the reception unit, and further based on the derived offset amount, calculates the GHG emission amount of each item. can be derived.

The offset derivation conditions may include at least one of the type of carbon offset, the percentage of carbon offset, the source of the cost of carbon offset, and the payment method of the cost of carbon offset.

GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle may include GHG emissions resulting from at least one of resource extraction, raw material production, item production, distribution/consumption, and disposal/recycling of the item.

The amount of GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle is determined by the application of primary data, which is the data indicating the amount of emissions derived by the subject of the activity related to the target item, and secondary data, which is data indicating the predetermined emission intensity. GHG emissions derived based on at least one of the estimates based on

A method for deriving GHG emissions according to one aspect of the present invention may comprise obtaining identification information of an item for which greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions) are to be derived. The GHG emission amount derivation method is associated with the identification information of each item, one of the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emission amount at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item Based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of the target item corresponding to the identification information acquired at the acquisition stage, referring to the storage unit that stores the for each item , deriving the GHG emissions of the item of interest.

A method for deriving GHG emissions according to an aspect of the present invention may include receiving a selection of items to be used as items constituting products for deriving greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions). The method for deriving GHG emissions may comprise obtaining respective identification information for each item received in the receiving step. The GHG emissions derivation method relates to each item's identification information, GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of each item, and GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item. One of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of each item corresponding to each identification information acquired at the acquisition stage and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle eventry by referring to the storage unit that stores one of for each item deriving the respective GHG emissions for each item based on

A program according to one aspect of the present invention may cause a computer to obtain identification information of an item for which greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions) are to be derived. In association with the identification information of each item, the program will calculate, for each item, either the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of each item or the GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item. Referring to the storage unit to store, based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of the target item corresponding to the identification information acquired at the acquisition stage, the target item A computer may be caused to perform the step of deriving the GHG emissions of .

A program according to an aspect of the present invention may cause a computer to receive a selection of items to be used as items constituting a sample for deriving greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions). The program may cause the computer to perform the step of obtaining respective identification information for each item received in the step of receiving. The program associates each of the item's identifying information with one of the GHG emissions according to each item's carbon footprint and the GHG emissions at each stage of its life cycle according to each item's Life Cycle Assessment inventory analysis. Based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of each item corresponding to each identification information acquired at the acquisition stage, referring to the storage unit stored for each A computer may be caused to derive the respective GHG emissions for each item.

It should be noted that the above summary of the invention does not list all the features of the invention. Subcombinations of these feature groups can also be inventions.

1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a GHG emissions derivation system; FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of a GHG emission amount derivation apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the GHG emission amount for every item memorize|stored in a memory|storage part. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flowchart showing an example of a GHG emission amount derivation procedure by a GHG emission amount derivation device. It is a figure which shows an example of the whole structure of a GHG emission derivation system. It is a figure which shows an example of component information. It is a figure which shows an example of the GHG emission amount of each item for every part memorize|stored in a memory|storage part. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for deriving a GHG emission amount by a GHG emission amount deriving device; It is a figure which shows an example of a hardware configuration.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. Also, not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential for the solution of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a GHG emissions derivation system 10 according to one aspect of the present invention. The GHG emission amount derivation system 10 includes a POS system 30 , a terminal 50 and a GHG emission amount derivation device 100 . The GHG emissions derivation system 10 derives greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions) of target items. The item of interest may be, for example, a product sold in a store.

The POS system 30 is a point-of-sale information management system. The terminal 50 notifies the user of the GHG emissions of the target item. Terminal 50 may be a POS terminal.

FIG. 2 shows an example of functional blocks of the GHG emissions derivation device 100. As shown in FIG. The GHG emissions derivation device 100 includes an acquisition unit 102 , a derivation unit 106 , a reception unit 108 and a storage unit 110 .

The acquisition unit 102 acquires identification information of items for which GHG emissions are to be derived. The acquisition unit 102 may acquire the identification information of the product purchased by the customer from the POS system 30 as the identification information of the target item.

The storage unit 110 stores one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item in association with the identification information of each item. memorize each

FIG. 3 shows an example of GHG emissions for each item stored in the storage unit 110. As shown in FIG. The storage unit 110 stores, for each item, one of the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emission amount at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item.

GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint are displayed on goods or services by converting the GHG emissions emitted throughout the entire life cycle of goods or services, from procurement of raw materials to disposal and recycling, into carbon dioxide. This is the amount of GHG emissions

The GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of each item's life cycle assessment are the GHG emissions for items that have not been assigned GHG emissions according to their carbon footprint.

GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle include GHG emissions resulting from at least one of resource extraction, raw material production, item production, distribution/consumption, and disposal/recycling of the item. The amount of GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle of an item is derived by referring to a database in which the amounts of GHG emissions for resource extraction, raw material production, item production, distribution/consumption, and disposal/recycling of items are registered. GHG emissions. Distribution may include storage. The amount of GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle is the amount of GHG emissions derived by referring to a database in which the amount of GHG emissions for each life cycle is registered in advance for items to which GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint have not been assigned. be. The amount of GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle is calculated by applying primary data, which is data that indicates the amount of emissions derived by the entity involved in the activities related to the item, and is registered in domestic and overseas databases (emission unit database), etc. It may be GHG emissions derived based on at least one of estimations based on secondary data, which is data indicating emissions intensity.

The carbon footprint can be recorded on a blockchain. In this case, the indication of GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint may include an indication that traceability is guaranteed by the carbon footprint being recorded on the blockchain. Here, the carbon footprint recorded in the blockchain includes the route of purchasing, transporting, storing, manufacturing, selling, etc. of each raw material, etc. for the entire life cycle of a product such as goods or services, the actors involved, and the use of the product. Information such as means or fuel used, environmental data such as GHG emissions or chemical substances generated in each route, and methods of acquiring environmental data such as sensors may be included. For example, the information may be information that allows the commercial distribution of products such as goods or services to be grasped. In addition, the carbon footprint recorded on the blockchain is at least one of the following: estimation based on the application of primary data, which is emissions data, and secondary data, which is a predetermined emission intensity registered in domestic and foreign databases may consist of The carbon footprint recorded on the blockchain can be in a format compatible with international standards such as CDP, SBT, RE100, TCFD, PCAF.

The derivation unit 106 refers to the storage unit 110 and derives one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of the target item corresponding to the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit 102. . If the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of the target item corresponding to the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit 102 is stored in the storage unit 110, the deriving unit 106 calculates the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of the target item. of GHG emissions.

If the storage unit 110 does not store the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of the target item corresponding to the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit 102, the derivation unit 106 refers to the storage unit 110, By specifying the GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle of the product and adding up the GHG emissions at each stage, the GHG emissions of the target item are derived.

The GHG emissions derived by the derivation unit 106 may be provided to the terminal 50, for example. If the terminal 50 is a POS terminal, it may output a receipt describing the GHG emissions for each purchased product. The terminal 50 may output a receipt further stating the total GHG emissions of the purchased products.

The reception unit 108 receives offset derivation conditions for the offset amount of GHG emissions. The offset derivation conditions include at least one of the type of carbon offset, the percentage of carbon offset, the source of the cost of carbon offset, and the payment method of the cost of carbon offset. Types of carbon offset include forest management, introduction of renewable energy such as solar power generation, and introduction of energy-saving equipment. The carbon offset ratio is the ratio of carbon offset allocated to GHG emissions. The carbon offset cost bearer indicates either the provider or receiver of the item, for example, the store or the purchaser. The payment method for the carbon offset fee indicates a method applicable to payment such as cash, credit, electronic money, or common points.

The reception unit 108 receives offset derivation conditions from a user who determines the offset derivation conditions, such as a product purchaser or a product seller. The derivation unit 106 derives the offset amount of the GHG emission amount of the target item according to the offset derivation condition received by the reception unit 108, and further based on the derived offset amount, derives the GHG emission amount of the target item. do. The derivation unit 106 subtracts the offset amount from the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint or the GHG emission amount at each stage of the life cycle, and finally derives the GHG emission amount of the target item to be presented to the user.

If the GHG emission amount is not registered for the target item in the storage unit 110, the derivation unit 106, for example, according to the GHG emission amount registered as other (retail) in which the GHG emission amount according to the price is specified, the target may derive GHG emissions for these items.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of a GHG emission derivation procedure by the GHG emission derivation device 100 .

The acquisition unit 102 acquires the identification information of the target item from the POS system 30 (S100). The acquisition unit 102 may acquire from the POS system 30 the identification information of each item that the user plans to purchase. The acquisition unit 102 may also acquire information such as the number of items purchased and the total weight of the target item from the POS system 30 .

The derivation unit 106 determines whether or not the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint associated with the acquired identification information is registered in the storage unit 110 (S102). When the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint is registered in the storage unit 110, the derivation unit 106 derives the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint as the GHG emission amount of the target item (S104).

When the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint are not registered in the storage unit 110, the derivation unit 106 specifies the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of the target item (S106), and the specified GHG emissions are targeted. (S108). When the GHG emissions of a plurality of life cycle stages according to the life cycle inventory of the target item are registered in the storage unit 110, the derivation unit 106 adds up the GHG emissions of the target item. Derive GHG emissions.

Next, the derivation unit 106 determines whether or not the reception unit 108 has received the carbon offset derivation condition (S110). When the reception unit 108 receives the carbon offset derivation condition, the derivation unit 106 derives the offset amount according to the carbon offset derivation condition. The derivation unit 106 may derive the offset amount by multiplying the GHG emission amount of the target item by the ratio indicated in the card offset derivation condition.

The derivation unit 106 offsets the GHG emission amount of the target item with the offset amount (S114), and outputs the GHG emission amount after the offset to the POS system 30 (S116). If the reception unit 108 has not received the carbon offset derivation conditions, it outputs the GHG emissions derived in step S108 to the POS system 30 (S118). The POS system 30 may display the GHG emission amount on a display via the terminal 50 and present it to the user. The POS system 30 may present a receipt to the user via the terminal 50 indicating the GHG emissions for each item.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to derive the GHG emission amount and present it to the user even for the target item to which the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint is not assigned. Moreover, it is possible to present the user with the amount of GHG emissions in consideration of carbon offsets.

Above, as an example of an item, a product or service purchased at a store has been described as an example. However, an item need not be such as a store-bought product or service.

The target item may be the activities of each entity. Each entity may include companies, national/local governments, various organizations such as unions, households/individuals, and the like. Activities of each entity include raw materials or services of each entity, ordering/purchase/procurement of capital goods, etc., fuel/energy-related activities, transportation/distribution, use of fuel, use of facilities or vehicles, production/waste disposal, and inventory. storage, accounting/accounting/finance, personnel/payroll, labor/welfare, management of business trips/commuting, etc., general affairs, management of leased assets, etc., sales promotion, sales, customer management/support, processing/use of sold products・Activities, franchises, investments, etc. related to disposal, etc. are acceptable. The GHG emissions derived for these activities can be carbon offset to work on the activities. This will enable activities that can cooperate with carbon-neutral efforts.

The acquisition unit 102 may acquire activity data from the ERP system as information (item identification information) such as the amount of activity related to the activity of each subject. Here, the ERP system may be provided in the form of package or individual function software, on-premises (in-house server construction), cloud (external server use such as SaaS), and the like. The ERP system may include functions such as API provision/linkage, transmission/linkage/sharing of files or data, and the like. An ERP system may include one or more of the activities of each entity. For example, ERP systems may include HR systems, accounting systems, CRM systems, and other systems specific to individual activities. It is possible to work on activities by carbon offsetting GHG emissions derived from these activities. This will enable activities that can cooperate with carbon-neutral efforts.

The acquisition unit 102 may acquire activity data from a financial system (including functions such as investment transactions and account information management) as information (item identification information) such as the amount of activity related to the activity of each entity. Activity data includes financial transaction information, such as transfer transaction information, listed stock and corporate bond information, business loan and unlisted stock information, project finance information, commercial real estate information, mortgage information, and auto loan information. good. It is possible to work on activities by carbon offsetting GHG emissions derived from these activities. This will enable activities that can cooperate with carbon-neutral efforts.

The items of interest may be items purchased over a period of time. Purchased items may be, for example, items purchased at home in a month and recorded in a household account book app. It is possible to work on activities by carbon offsetting the GHG emissions derived for the item. This will enable activities that can cooperate with carbon-neutral efforts.

The item of interest may be an investment product such as an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). The target items may be automobile insurance, travel/leisure insurance, housing insurance (fire insurance, earthquake insurance, household contents insurance, rental insurance), and the like. GHG emissions derived from these insurances are carbon offset and provided as products. As a result, we can provide insurance as a product that can cooperate with carbon neutral initiatives.

The item of interest may be a service or product offered on an e-commerce platform, e-commerce software tool, last mile delivery service. The GHG emissions derived from these e-commerce products are carbon offset and provided as products. This allows us to offer e-commerce products that can cooperate with carbon-neutral efforts.

Items of interest may be travel, including flights, hotel stays, car rentals, trains, buses, and the like. GHG emissions from such trips will be carbon offset and provided as a product. This will allow us to offer Sustivaruna travel products that can cooperate with carbon-neutral efforts.

The item of interest may be commuting by train, bus, automobile, etc., business trips, transportation, and movement of company vehicles. GHG emissions associated with their movement will be carbon offset.

Items of interest can be services provided by exchanges, non-fungible token platforms, decentralized finance protocols, or asset management firms. The GHG emissions derived for these services will be carbon offset to provide the services. This will allow us to provide financial services that can cooperate with carbon-neutral efforts.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the overall configuration of a GHG emissions derivation system according to another embodiment. The GHG emission amount derivation system 10 includes an information management device 40 , a terminal 50 and a GHG emission amount derivation device 100 . The GHG emissions derivation system 10 derives greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions) for each item of each part that constitutes a product. A product is an example of a product. A part is an example of an item. A product may be an industrial product manufactured using multiple parts, such as electrical equipment, automobiles, and the like. Goods include not only products but also rights and information such as services and securities.

The information management device 40 manages item identification information for each part that constitutes a product. There may be a plurality of items assigned to each component, and the user may select items to be used for the product, that is, items to be combined with the product from the plurality of items. Terminal 50 may be a personal computer. The terminal 50 may receive an instruction from the user and output it to the GHG emission calculation device 100 . The terminal 50 may include a display and display information from the GHG emissions derivation device 100 on the display.

The information management device 40, for example, as shown in FIG. That there is an item c, that there are item d and item e as items that can be assigned to part B, and that there are item f, item g, item h, and item i as items that can be assigned to part C Stores component information indicating

The GHG emission amount derivation device 100 derives the GHG emission amount of each item selected for each part, and provides it to the user.

The reception unit 108 receives selection of each item to be used as each part constituting the product for which GHG emissions are to be derived. The acquisition unit 102 acquires from the information management device 40 the identification information of each item of each part constituting the target product. The reception unit 108 presents each item of each part acquired by the acquisition unit 102 to the user in a selectable manner.

The storage unit 110 stores one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item in association with the identification information of each item. memorize each

FIG. 7 shows an example of the GHG emission amount of each item for each part stored in the storage unit 110 . The storage unit 110 stores, for each item that can be assigned to each part, one of the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emission amount at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item.

The acquiring unit 102 acquires the identification information of each item for each part from which the GHG emission amount is derived, which is received by the receiving unit 108 . The derivation unit 106 calculates the GHG emissions of each item based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of each item corresponding to each identification information acquired by the acquisition unit 102. Derive emissions.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for deriving GHG emissions by the GHG emission derivation device 100. As shown in FIG.

The accepting unit 108 accepts selection of an item to be assigned to a target part from a plurality of parts constituting a product (S200). The acquisition unit 102 acquires the identification information of the accepted item from the information management device 40 (S202).

The derivation unit 106 determines whether or not the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint associated with the acquired identification information is registered in the storage unit 110 (S204). When the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint is registered in the storage unit 110, the derivation unit 106 derives the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint as the GHG emission amount of the target item (S210).

When the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint are not registered in the storage unit 110, the derivation unit 106 specifies the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of the target item (S208), and the specified GHG emissions are targeted. (S210).

Next, the derivation unit 106 determines whether or not the reception unit 108 has received the carbon offset derivation condition (S212). When the reception unit 108 receives the carbon offset derivation condition, the derivation unit 106 derives the offset amount according to the carbon offset derivation condition. The derivation unit 106 may derive the offset amount by multiplying the GHG emission amount of the target item by the ratio indicated in the card offset derivation condition.

The derivation unit 106 offsets the GHG emission amount of the target item with the offset amount (S214), and outputs the GHG emission amount after offset to the terminal 50 (S116). If the reception unit 108 has not received the carbon offset derivation conditions, it outputs the GHG emissions derived in step S210 to the terminal 50 (S220).

The derivation unit 106 determines whether or not the GHG emission amount has been derived for all the parts that make up the product (S222), and if the GHG emission amount has not been derived for all the parts, the process after step S200 is performed. repeat.

The derivation unit 106 may derive the GHG emission amount of the product by totaling the GHG emission amount of each part. The terminal 50 may cause the display to display the GHG emission amount of each component and the GHG emission amount of the entire product. According to this embodiment, the user can select the item of each part while considering the amount of GHG emissions.

The receiving unit 108 may receive a carbon offset derivation condition for each part, or may receive one carbon offset condition for a product.

The accepting unit 108 may accept changes to items once selected. When the receiving unit 108 receives the change of the item, the acquiring unit 102 may acquire the identification information associated with the changed item. The derivation unit 106 refers to the storage unit 110, and based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint corresponding to the identification information of the changed item and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event, GHG emissions may be derived. This allows the user to grasp changes in the amount of GHG emissions of products according to changes in items.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example computer 1200 in which aspects of the invention may be implemented in whole or in part. Programs installed on computer 1200 may cause computer 1200 to act as one or more "parts" of or operations associated with apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention. Alternatively, the program may cause computer 1200 to perform the operation or the one or more "parts." The program may cause the computer 1200 to perform a process or steps of the process according to embodiments of the invention. Such programs may be executed by CPU 1212 to cause computer 1200 to perform specific operations associated with some or all of the blocks in the flowcharts and block diagrams described herein.

Computer 1200 according to this embodiment includes CPU 1212 and RAM 1214 , which are interconnected by host controller 1210 . Computer 1200 also includes a communication interface 1222 and an input/output unit, which are connected to host controller 1210 via input/output controller 1220 . Computer 1200 also includes ROM 1230 . The CPU 1212 operates according to programs stored in the ROM 1230 and RAM 1214, thereby controlling each unit.

Communication interface 1222 communicates with other electronic devices over a network. A hard disk drive may store programs and data used by CPU 1212 in computer 1200 . ROM 1230 stores therein programs that are dependent on the hardware of computer 1200, such as a boot program that is executed by computer 1200 upon activation. The program is provided via a computer-readable recording medium such as CR-ROM, USB memory or IC card or network. The program is installed in RAM 1214 or ROM 1230 , which are also examples of computer-readable recording media, and executed by CPU 1212 . The information processing described within these programs is read by computer 1200 to provide coordination between the programs and the various types of hardware resources described above. An apparatus or method may be configured by implementing information operations or processing according to the use of computer 1200 .

For example, when communication is performed between the computer 1200 and an external device, the CPU 1212 executes a communication program loaded into the RAM 1214 and sends communication processing to the communication interface 1222 based on the processing described in the communication program. you can command. The communication interface 1222, under the control of the CPU 1212, reads the transmission data stored in the transmission buffer area provided in the RAM 1214 or a recording medium such as a USB memory, transmits the read transmission data to the network, or Received data received from a network is written in a receive buffer area or the like provided on a recording medium.

The CPU 1212 also causes the RAM 1214 to read all or a necessary portion of a file or database stored in an external storage medium such as a USB memory, and performs various types of processing on the data on the RAM 1214. good. CPU 1212 may then write back the processed data to an external recording medium.

Various types of information, such as various types of programs, data, tables, and databases, may be stored on recording media and subjected to information processing. CPU 1212 performs various types of operations on data read from RAM 1214, information processing, conditional decisions, conditional branching, unconditional branching, and information retrieval, which are described throughout this disclosure and are specified by instruction sequences of programs. Various types of processing may be performed, including /replace, etc., and the results written back to RAM 1214 . In addition, the CPU 1212 may search for information in a file in a recording medium, a database, or the like. For example, if a plurality of entries each having an attribute value of a first attribute associated with an attribute value of a second attribute are stored in the recording medium, the CPU 1212 determines that the attribute value of the first attribute is specified. search the plurality of entries for an entry that matches the condition, read the attribute value of the second attribute stored in the entry, and thereby associate it with the first attribute that satisfies the predetermined condition. an attribute value of the second attribute obtained.

The programs or software modules described above may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium on or near computer 1200 . Also, a recording medium such as a hard disk or RAM provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication network or the Internet can be used as a computer-readable storage medium, whereby the program can be transferred to the computer 1200 via the network. offer.

A computer-readable medium may include any tangible device capable of storing instructions for execution by a suitable device. As a result, a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon provides an article of manufacture that includes instructions that can be executed to create means for performing the operations specified in the flowchart or block diagram. Examples of computer-readable media may include electronic storage media, magnetic storage media, optical storage media, electromagnetic storage media, semiconductor storage media, and the like. More specific examples of computer readable media include floppy disks, diskettes, hard disks, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM or flash memory), electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), static random access memory (SRAM), compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disc (DVD), Blu-ray (RTM) disc, Memory sticks, integrated circuit cards, and the like may be included.

The computer readable instructions may comprise either source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages. Source code or object code includes conventional procedural programming languages. Traditional procedural programming languages include assembler instructions, Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or Smalltalk, JAVA, C++. etc., and the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. Computer readable instructions may be transferred to a processor or programmable circuitry of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, either locally or over a wide area network (WAN), such as a local area network (LAN), the Internet, or the like. ) may be provided via A processor or programmable circuit may execute computer readable instructions to produce means for performing the operations specified in the flowcharts or block diagrams. Examples of processors include computer processors, processing units, microprocessors, digital signal processors, controllers, microcontrollers, and the like.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements can be made to the above embodiments. It is clear from the description of the scope of claims that forms with such modifications or improvements can also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

The execution order of each process such as actions, procedures, steps, and stages in the devices, systems, programs, and methods shown in the claims, the specification, and the drawings is particularly "before", "before" etc., and it should be noted that it can be implemented in any order unless the output of the previous process is used in the subsequent process. Regarding the operation flow in the claims, the specification, and the drawings, even if the description is made using "first," "next," etc. for convenience, it means that it is essential to carry out in this order. not a thing

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an acquisition unit that acquires identification information of an item for which greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions) are to be derived;
A memory that stores, for each item, one of the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emission amount at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item, in association with the identification information of each item. section, based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of the target item corresponding to the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit, the target item A derivation unit for deriving the GHG emissions of
a reception unit that receives offset derivation conditions indicating the ratio of carbon offsets to GHG emissions of the target item;
with
The derivation unit stores, in the storage unit, an amount obtained by multiplying the carbon offset ratio indicated in the offset derivation condition received by the reception unit by the GHG emission amount of the target item stored in the storage unit. a GHG emission amount derivation device for deriving the GHG emission amount of the target item by subtracting it from the GHG emission amount of the target item . The offset derivation condition is
2. The GHG emissions derivation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a type of said carbon offset, a source of cost of said carbon offset, and a payment method of said cost of carbon offset. When the storage unit stores the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of the target item, the derivation unit calculates the GHG emissions of the target item based on the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of the target item. When the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint of the target item is not stored in the storage unit and the GHG emission amount according to the life cycle event of the target item is stored in the storage unit, 3. The GHG emission amount derivation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the GHG emission amount of the target item is derived based on the GHG emission amount according to the life cycle event of the target item. GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle are
4. The GHG emissions derivation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, including GHG emissions caused by at least one of item resource extraction, raw material production, item production, distribution/consumption, and disposal/recycling. . The amount of GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle is determined by the application of primary data, which is data indicating the amount of emissions derived by the entity involved in the activities related to the target item, and secondary data, which is data indicating the predetermined emission intensity. 5. The GHG emissions derivation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the GHG emissions are derived based on at least one of the estimations based on. The GHG emissions derivation device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the identification information of the target item from at least one of a POS system, an ERP system, and a financial system. a reception unit that receives selection of each item to be used as each item constituting a product for deriving greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions);
an acquisition unit that acquires identification information of each item received by the reception unit;
In association with each identification information of each item, one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item is stored for each item. Based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of each item corresponding to each of the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit, the A derivation unit for deriving GHG emissions of each item ,
The reception unit receives an offset derivation condition indicating a ratio of carbon offset to GHG emissions of each item,
The derivation unit multiplies the carbon offset ratio of each item indicated in the offset derivation condition received by the reception unit by the GHG emission amount of each item stored in the storage unit, A GHG emissions derivation device that derives the GHG emissions of each item by subtracting from each of the GHG emissions of each item stored in the storage unit. The GHG emissions derivation device according to claim 7, wherein the derivation unit derives the GHG emissions of the product based on the GHG emissions of each of the items. The reception unit receives a change of the selected item,
When the receiving unit receives the item change, the acquiring unit acquires identification information associated with the changed item,
The derivation unit refers to the storage unit, and based on one of a GHG emission amount according to a carbon footprint corresponding to the identification information of the changed item and a GHG emission amount according to a life cycle event, the changed item. 9. The GHG emission amount derivation device according to claim 7 or 8, which derives the GHG emission amount of the item obtained. The offset derivation condition is
10. GHG emissions according to any one of claims 7 to 9 , further comprising at least one of the type of carbon offset, the source of the cost of the carbon offset, and the payment method of the cost of the carbon offset for each item . Derivation device. GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle are
11. The GHG emissions derivation device according to any one of claims 7 to 10 , including GHG emissions caused by at least one of item resource extraction, raw material production, item production, distribution/consumption, and disposal/recycling. . The amount of GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle is determined by the application of primary data, which is the data indicating the amount of emissions derived by the subject of the activity related to the target item, and secondary data, which is data indicating the predetermined emission intensity. 12. The GHG emissions derivation device according to any one of claims 7 to 11 , wherein the GHG emissions are derived based on at least one of the estimates based on. Obtaining identification information of an item for which greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions) are to be derived;
A memory that stores, for each item, one of the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emission amount at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item, in association with the identification information of each item. Section, based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of the target item corresponding to the identification information acquired in the acquiring step, the target item deriving GHG emissions for the item; and
receiving an offset derivation condition indicating a ratio of carbon offsets to GHG emissions of the target item;
with
In the step of deriving, the amount obtained by multiplying the ratio of carbon offset indicated in the offset derivation condition received in the step of receiving by the GHG emission amount of the target item stored in the storage unit is stored in the storage unit. A method for deriving GHG emissions , comprising: deriving GHG emissions of said item of interest by subtracting from stored GHG emissions of said item of interest . receiving a selection of each item to be used as each item constituting a product for deriving greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions);
obtaining respective identification information for each item received in the receiving step;
In association with each identification information of each item, one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item is stored for each item. Based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of each item corresponding to each of the identification information acquired in the acquiring step, and deriving the respective GHG emissions of each item ;
The receiving step includes a step of receiving offset derivation conditions indicating a ratio of carbon offsets to GHG emissions of each item;
In the step of deriving, the amount obtained by multiplying the carbon offset ratio of each item indicated in the offset derivation condition received in the receiving step by the GHG emission amount of each item stored in the storage unit is calculated. and deriving the GHG emissions of each item by subtracting from each of the GHG emissions of each of the items stored in the storage unit . Obtaining identification information of an item for which greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions) are to be derived;
A memory that stores, for each item, one of the GHG emission amount according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emission amount at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item, in association with the identification information of each item. Section, based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of the target item corresponding to the identification information acquired in the acquiring step, the target item deriving GHG emissions for the item; and
receiving an offset derivation condition indicating a ratio of carbon offsets to GHG emissions of the target item;
on the computer, and
In the step of deriving, the amount obtained by multiplying the ratio of carbon offset indicated in the offset derivation condition received in the step of receiving by the GHG emission amount of the target item stored in the storage unit is stored in the storage unit. A program comprising: deriving GHG emissions of said item of interest by subtracting from stored GHG emissions of said item of interest . receiving a selection of each item to be used as each item constituting a sample for deriving greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions);
obtaining respective identification information for each item received in the receiving step;
In association with each identification information of each item, one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint of each item and the GHG emissions at each stage of the life cycle according to the inventory analysis of the life cycle assessment of each item is stored for each item. Based on one of the GHG emissions according to the carbon footprint and the GHG emissions according to the life cycle event of each item corresponding to each of the identification information acquired in the acquiring step, causing a computer to perform a step of deriving GHG emissions for each item ;
The receiving step includes a step of receiving offset derivation conditions indicating a ratio of carbon offsets to GHG emissions of each item;
In the step of deriving, the amount obtained by multiplying the carbon offset ratio of each item indicated in the offset derivation condition received in the receiving step by the GHG emission amount of each item stored in the storage unit is calculated. , deriving the GHG emissions of each of the items by subtracting from each of the GHG emissions of each of the items stored in the storage unit .

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