The company exclusively and directly pursues public-benefit purposes. Its objectives are: promoting the dissemination of and access to information; promoting public education; promoting international understanding; promoting tolerance in all areas of culture and the concept of international understanding; promoting consumer advice and consumer protection; and generally promoting the democratic state system. The company achieves its purpose through the following measures: through objective and neutral knowledge collection and dissemination, primarily through the free provision of technical infrastructure; by raising awareness of the backgrounds and contexts of important current and future topics, such as climate change, globalization, poverty, economic crises, social justice, and migration. The company aims to improve citizens' engagement by promoting the exchange of information on diverse general political, social, cultural, and historical contexts; it is independent, politically neutral, and non-competitive. The company does not pursue any commercial or self-help purposes.