In order to limit global warming to 1.5°C, mankind needs to go car-bon neutral by 2050. This not only involves reducing carbon emissions, but also developing technologies, which enable the active removal of CO2 from the atmosphere on a large scale. Climeworks is a spin-off company from ETH in Zurich that has devel-oped a process to capture CO2 directly...
Read More8th ZCA Annual General Meeting – Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Dear ZCA Member, We are pleased to invite you to the ZCA Annual General Meeting and the following Evening Event “Capturing CO2 from air”. 8th Annual General Meeting Wednesday, 15 May 2019 Program 17.15 – 18.00 – ZCA Annual General Meeting 18.15 – 19.45 – Evening Event (please see the separate flyer) 19.45 Apéro Documents for the AGM –...
Read MoreExternal Event: Updates on the Witholding Tax Revision and VAT – May 21, 2019
Description: The Zug Commodity Association (ZCA) is pleased to inform you about the upcoming external evening event, organized by the Zug Chamber of Commerce and its Partners. The topic is focusing on the changes of Whitholding Taxes, the old-age and survivor’s insurance (AHV) as well as on updates on VAT. This evening event takes place on May 21,...
Read MoreZCA Seminar: Shipping and Trading Law Seminar – May 2, 2019
This session on Shipping and Trading Training for traders, operators and banks, will start with highlights from recent case law including a favorable Supreme Court judgment secured by HFW in Taurus v SOMO looking at the beneficial entity under an LC, then review the recent Supreme Court decision of Volcafe v CSA reviewing the burden of proof under the...
Read MoreSTSA Training: Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Commodity Trading – Wednesday, February 27, 2019
An increasing number of standards, initiatives and legislation require that companies know and show how they respect human rights across their own operations and global value chains. The Swiss Federal Council adopted a National Action Plan for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights on December 2016, and published the...
Read MoreZCA Evening Event: Tax Reform and AHV Financing (formerly: Tax Proposal 17) – Wednesday, March 13, 2019
13. March 2019 – 13. March 2019 Grafenauweg 10 Map and Directions | Register Description: Key takeaways for the commodity trading industry Another chapter of the reform of the current Swiss corporate tax system has just started. The referendum on Tax Reform and AHV Financing was successfully called and the public vote on 19 May 2019 will tell us...
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