The company's purpose is to acquire and manage long-term direct or indirect participations in domestic and foreign companies, particularly in the fields of renewable energy and energy storage. Furthermore, it may perform all legal acts that may be necessary or suitable to promote its development or that of group companies. The company may also provide supervisory, management or administrative support services to other group companies. The company may acquire, exploit, manage and sell real estate, to the extent not restricted by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad, and intellectual property rights, as well as establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad. In addition, the company may participate directly or indirectly in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees, sureties or other securities for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge.