At NKG, we are no strangers to navigating complexity – whether it is adapting to regulations like EUDR or responding to broader global events like climate change. While it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the weight of these challenges, we are also uniquely positioned to grow stronger together. Resilience is not just about weathering the storm; it’s about building the capacity to thrive despite uncertainty.

In this issue of the INSIDE NKG MAG, we will explore how NKG is addressing the external influences we face today. Offering insights into important topics in our shared professional context, we aim to keep you, our employees, well-informed and confident in our support.

In the past years, we have seen a lot of changes in the world around us, not just directly in coffee – and that has changed the challenges and contents of our work. While before, the tone at NKG has been to go ahead and keep on doing what we do in the best way we can – and grow from year to year -, we now see ourselves confronted with a much more complex reality: doing a great job buying, milling and selling and moving coffee is not enough anymore. At NKG, we have already worked on this intensively and adapted to these fast-paced times in many ways. But still: We need to further integrate the context and changes we experience in our strategic as well as very practical approach, reflect upon it in our organizational structure, the people leading the way and the culture we live at NKG. This is key to make sure that we will continue to be the successful number one in the world’s coffee trade in the future.

We all live in a digital world. From buying clothes online, to checking in real time which street the delivery person is on, to paying for services with ours phones while knowing the exact balance of our accounts, we have become accustomed to interacting in a digital world. It helps us get the things we want faster and obtain important information easily.