Tsuji Yamanaka Foundation Positive Impact Financing

Tsuji Yamanaka Foundation (President: Hidetoshi Ayabe, hereinafter "G-Place"), a company owned by the Tsuji Yamanaka Foundation (Location: Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto Prefecture, President: Toshikazu Yamanaka, hereinafter "the Foundation"), concluded a loan agreement on July 31, 2025 with The Senshu Ikeda Bank, Ltd. (CEO: Koichi Sakaguchi, hereinafter referred to as "Senshu Bank Ikeda") on July 31, 2025 for "Positive Impact Financing".

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About the Tsuji Yamanaka Foundation

The Tsuji Yamanaka Foundation was established for the purpose of returning profits earned by corporations to society.

The Foundation currently owns 100% of the shares of G-Place and donates the remaining amount, excluding the minimum administrative expenses required to maintain the corporation, to support organizations that "create a better society and future" and "help those in need today.

As its most recent activity, the Foundation made a donation last year (FY2024) to the General Foundation for Community and Education Attractiveness Platform.

Please visit the following website to learn more about our philosophy and donation record. Please take a look.

Tsuji Yamanaka Foundation official website https://www.tsuji-yamanaka-zaidan.jp

Evaluation of G-Place's "Positive Impact Financing" Loan

G-Place is a company with two core businesses: supporting the environmental policies of local governments, and designing and selling household products made from environmentally and people-friendly natural materials.

G-Place's efforts have led to the solution of various social issues, including the development of businesses that help solve environmental problems such as food loss reduction and waste reduction by local governments, and businesses that help improve the quality of life of women. The G-Place's efforts have led to the conclusion of a "Positive Impact Finance" agreement with Senshu Ikeda Bank, Ltd.

Prospects for the Tsuji Yamanaka Foundation

In today's capitalist society, wealth is concentrated in the hands of the wealthy and the disparity between the rich and the poor continues to widen, and this excessive capitalist structure has led to many problems such as poverty, hunger, human rights abuses, climate change, and ecosystem degradation. We believe that it is necessary to face up to these problems and work together to create a better society and a better future, and that it is the social responsibility of corporate owners to use the profits they earn for this purpose. The Foundation has demonstrated a new form of corporate management that fulfills this responsibility, and will continue to search for and implement meaningful ways to return profits to society.

G-Place, a company owned by the Foundation, will use "Positive Impact Financing" to further expand its operations and increase its revenues. This means that G-Place will be able to increase the amount of dividends (i.e., the source of donations) it can earn, and the foundation will work to give back to society even more in the future.

About G-Place Inc.

G-Place, Inc. started its business in 1968 as "Japan Green Packs" and changed its name to the current one in May 2019 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation. Under the slogan of "a creative general trading company that creates the future with ideas," G-Place provides unique products and services in a variety of fields. Since its founding, the company has consistently focused on the business of helping municipalities across Japan reduce waste. Currently, the company also sells high-altitude safety products and recycled resin products, designs and sells original cosmetics and sundries that focus on natural ingredients, and imports and sells home appliances from overseas. We have also established overseas offices and are actively developing our business.

Since 2020, 100% of our company's shares have been owned by the Tsuji Yamanaka Foundation (formally known as the Tsuji Foundation), and a portion of our company's profits are paid as dividends to the foundation and then donated to projects that are meaningful to society.

Outline of the Foundation

Name: Tsuji Yamanaka Foundation

Location: 10-9 Jonosato, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto 617-0835

Establishment: October 8, 2020

Representative Director: Toshikazu Yamanaka

Official HP ： https://www.tsuji-yamanaka-zaidan.jp

Tsuji" is officially written as "Ippon Shinnyou".

Company Profile

Company name: G-Place Inc.

Location ： 10-9 Jounosato, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto 617-0835

Founded: May 7, 1968 / May 16, 1969

President & Representative Director : Hidetoshi Ayabe

Official HP : https://g-place.co.jp