GPSS Holdings Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
December 2025
Solar panel installation
Service with Significant Environmental Footprint
Japan
GPSS Holdings Inc. develops renewable energy projects, combining in-house EPC expertise with long-term operational capabilities. Our diversified portfolio includes solar, wind, geothermal, small hydropower, biogas, and battery energy storage systems, with capabilities covering development through long-term asset management. Grounded in its philosophy “生かし生かされ ” – “Life gives and is given”, which expresses the deep but often unseen ties of our existence, as similar as how city thrives when its surrounding villages thrive. GPSS integrates this basis in its business model, which makes community partnership a fundamental part of development. GPSS engages rural villages through a genuine understanding of local need and co-designing a path forward. From this shared purpose, a true partnership emerges, allowing local communities to participate directly in project development and share in the economic value the project generates. The co-created renewable energy projects contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions while supporting economic participation in local communities and building a more resilient energy system in Japan. Our proven model is scalable to other island regions that face similar challenges in achieving a more self-sustainable energy system.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 10.1
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 27.9
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 14.6
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 29.9
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Customers 13.9
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.