The company's purpose is to provide advice, assistance, operation, and marketing of all products, particularly in the fields of environment, waste recycling, and associated hydrocarbon marketing, finance, law, economics, trade, education, organization, management, and commercial, administrative or technical management. The company may, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, carry out all operations directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose or likely to promote it, and take participations in other companies, as well as acquire, hold and transfer patents and other intellectual property rights. The company may establish subsidiaries or branches both in Switzerland and abroad.