The company's purpose is to develop, build, sell and operate systems and components of systems that separate carbon dioxide from ambient air or other gas streams, and systems that store, conserve or process the resulting carbon dioxide, as well as to procure and distribute carbon dioxide and provide services for the removal of carbon dioxide. The company's purpose is to procure and provide support services related to the removal and storage of carbon dioxide, such as engineering, research and development, project management, regulatory development, procurement, marketing, human resources or finance, also for the parent company of the company and its direct subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company's purpose is to develop new technologies, particularly in the field of renewable energy, to manufacture water turbines, wind turbines, machines of all kinds and to produce management software and computer systems. The company can acquire, own, manage and sell participations in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. The company can also enter into all transactions and agreements that directly or indirectly serve the company's purpose or are directly related to it. The company can grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent company and its direct or indirect subsidiaries and provide securities of any kind for the obligations of these other companies, also through the pledge or fiduciary assignment of the company's assets or through paid or unpaid guarantees of any kind. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire, hold, manage and sell real estate.