acquisition, holding, management and sale of participations in companies of any kind, in Switzerland or abroad. The company must also have a significant positive impact on society and the environment, within the framework of its commercial and operational activities. The company may carry out any commercial and financial transaction, directly or indirectly related to its purpose. It may register branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire, hold, manage and sell real estate, provided that the real estate assets located in Switzerland held directly and indirectly must have an exclusively commercial use. The company may grant loans or any other form of financing to companies of the same group, as well as provide any kind of security, for the direct or indirect benefit of companies of the same group [or third parties], in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets.