The company's purpose is to hold participations in the field of sustainable energy production and energy supply. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, as well as finance other companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries, provide security of any kind for its own liabilities and those of its direct or indirect subsidiaries, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers or assignments of the company's assets, or provide guarantees, enter into suretyships or otherwise secure or guarantee obligations of the company or its direct or indirect subsidiaries, whether for consideration or not. Furthermore, it may engage in cash pooling with its direct or indirect subsidiaries or join such an arrangement, including periodic account balancing. All of this may be done by the company without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and assuming cluster risks. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that appear suitable to promote the company's purpose or are related thereto. In pursuing its corporate purpose, the company aims to create long-term, sustainable value.