Patent · US Active

Method and system for calculating an environmental score for a business unit

US7797183B2 · kind B2 · utility

5Cited by
4References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 28, 2004
Grant dateSep 14, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q40/12
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for calculating an environmental score are described and generally related to calculating a score for a separately accountable business unit, where the score is indicative of external costs for the business unit. A computer system for calculating a score for a separately accountable business unit, the score being indicative of a level of unaccounted for external environmental cost of economic activities of the separately accountable business unit, the system includes accessing means for accessing accounts data indicative of recognized costs for the separately accountable business unit, accounts processing means for processing the accounts data by adding external environmental costs to the recognized costs and for calculating the score for the separately accountable business unit using the processed accounts data.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.