ZCA Evening Event: Capturing CO2 from air – Wednesday, May 15, 2019
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 from air. The air-captured CO2 can be used in the merchant market to carbonate drinks or to fertilize greenhouses. It can also be synthesized to renewable fuels and mate-rials, providing a...
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 – invitation and agenda for the AGM – minutes of the AGM 2018 – audit report/financial statement – annual report 2018 – Flyer for the evening event Kind regards, Martin...
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, 2019, starting at 17.30 at the Theater Casino Zug. The presentation language is German. Program · 17.30 Uhr – Introduction · 17.35 Uhr – Withholding TaxRevision · ...
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 Hague-Visby rules. Further highlights include the Court of Appeal decision in “PACIFIC VOYAGER” (voyage charterparty/ETAs) and the Commercial Court decisions in “OCEAN...
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 Commodity Trading Sector Guidance on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights on November 2018. This training will provide business practitioners with guidance on...
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 where the story goes. Thereby, the main goal remains unchanged: the long-term tax attractiveness of Switzerland as business location shall be ensured. In light of the above, the following...
read moreDay of the Zug Economy: Evening Event – Monday, March 25, 2019
The Zug Commodity Association (ZCA) is pleased to inform you about the upcoming evening event, organized by the Zug Chamber of Commerce on the topic “Global & Connected: Opportunities and Risks for the Swiss Economy?”. This evening event takes place on Monday, March 25, 2018, starting at 5.30 pm at the Theater Casino in Zug until 7 pm followed by an apéro. Guests from the industry, commerce and politics will discuss opportunities and challenges that the world of local and global economies are facing. For additional...
read moreZCA Lunch & Learn: Frequent issues under Swiss-law trading contracts – February 7, 2019
Swiss law is frequently chosen by contractual parties to govern contracts for international sales contracts for commodities or for manufactured goods. This is because Swiss law is often seen as being business-friendly, neutral and commonsensical. William Hold will discuss a number of issues that frequently arise in connection with contracts for the sale of goods, and will review some of the remedies that are available when a sales contract is breached. Topics will include quality claims, force majeure and time bars. Speaker William Hold is a...
read moreZCA Evening Event: DNV GL – Energy Transition Outlook to 2050 for the Maritime Industry – January 30, 2019
Decarbonization will be one of the megatrends that will shape the maritime industry over the next decades, especially in light of the new IMO Greenhouse gas strategy. As we head toward 2050, our industry still faces considerable uncertainty in changing markets, regulatory changes; new technologies, and the effects of digitalization. During this DNV GL presentation we will provide an independent forecast of the maritime energy future and examine how the energy transition will affect the industry. We will highlight main developments and changes...
read moreZCA Afternoon Seminar: Long term commodity supply contracts – November 29, 2018
Reed Smith LLP and Zug Commodity Association will be running a workshop on long term commodity supply contracts. We will cover the following topics. The supply contract’s relationship with other contracts “Good faith” obligations (express and implied) and “negotiation” claus-es Price reopener clauses Changes in product specification Exclusion of liability/liquidated damages “Take or pay” provisions Force majeure and “hardship” clauses Termination provisions and “break” clauses Dispute resolution and the effect of “BREXIT” The English Court of...
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