The company's purpose is the treatment of water, all studies, projects, import and export of equipment related to water, trade and trading of water in physical or virtual form, trade and trading of carbon credits, pollution rights, participation in companies and projects related to the field of water, forests, agriculture and those related to carbon credits. The company may also be active in promoting, purchasing and selling products and services abroad, importing and exporting, organizing projects of cooperation between national and foreign companies, organizing trade fairs, promoting tourism in emerging markets, advising in the fields of real estate and finance, selling administrative services to individuals and companies, and promoting real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may take participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad and be active in investing in movable and immovable assets in Switzerland and abroad, excluding operations prohibited by the LFAIE. Furthermore, the company may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all commercial, movable and financial operations, in direct or indirect relation to its purpose, in any form, including in the form of participations. The company may open branches in Switzerland and abroad, found or acquire any company pursuing a similar or complementary purpose. The company may grant loans or guarantees to its shareholders or third parties.