The foundation is committed to climate, environmental and resource protection by developing and implementing possibilities and projects for environmentally friendly and sustainable disposal of electrical and electronic equipment, particularly refrigeration equipment. It plans, finances and implements its climate protection projects outside of Switzerland, mainly in developing and emerging countries. As a network organization, the foundation promotes environmentally friendly disposal of consumer goods in the sense of closing material cycles, improving energy efficiency and ecological and economic resource management through the deployment of experts and knowledge carriers from its relationship and working field.