The company is active in the trade of electricity and gas and provides brokerage services in wholesale and retail. It also conducts studies and expert opinions, carries out advertising, marketing and media representation, and offers administrative services. It can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in or acquire similar companies, and take over representations in its own name or on behalf of third parties. Furthermore, it is authorized to conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. The company can acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. As part of a group of companies, it can take into account the interests of the group when pursuing its corporate purpose. It can participate in group financing transactions, in particular by granting loans to direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including shareholders and group companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities for liabilities within the group. This also applies if these loans or securities are granted in the exclusive interest of the shareholders or other group companies, or if they are granted without direct consideration.