Taking responsibility today for tomorrow

NKG Responsible Business Program

Our Responsibilities

The NKG Responsible Business Program (RBP) sets out four key objectives that define responsible business at NKG. We commit to significant progress towards these objectives in the upcoming years through nine strategic sub-goals. The RBP program aims to maintain the sustainability of coffee production – giving coffee stakeholders the tools to consistently improve the supply chain, promote farmer well-being, and always be mindful of the environment.

Our People

  • Support a learning culture
  • Increase diversity
  • Promote responsible workplace practices

Planet

  • Measure and enhance our environmental performance
  • Promote environmentally friendly and resilient coffee farming practices

Producer

  • Improve farmer livelihoods through value-added services

  • Bridge the financing gap

Supply Chain

  • Enhance sustainability performance within our supply chains
  • Improve transparency and ethical conduct in collaboration with direct suppliers

Social Responsibility

South Sumatera

  • Our pilot project in OKU Selatan district is currently running with a total quota of 1,500mt (+ no of farmers).
  • Given the potential of South Sumatra province, Berindo Jaya will continue to put further investments in expanding the project scope namely in the Semendo district for phase 2.

Lampung

  • Our pilot project is in the West Lampung District with a total coffee quota of 1,200 mt (+no of farmers).
  • For phase 2, Berindo Jaya will expand to the Way Tenong Subdistrict, given its potential.

Promoting Responsible Conduct within NKG

  • Supporting a learning culture
  • Increase diversity within the workforce.

Growing Impact in our Supply Chain

  • Enhance sustainability performance within our supply chains
  • Improve transparency and ethical conduct in collaboration with direct suppliers

Improving Farmers Livelihoods

  • Enable smallholder famers to maximize their incomes
  • Collaborate with the coffee industry to improve farmers livelihoods

Improving our Environment Footprint

  • Identify and reduce our environmental footprint
  • Innovate to use resources in our operations more efficiently

Social Responsibility

Our Priority, Our People

Safety

  • All workers sign the safety rules on joining the company.
  • Helmets must be worn at all times.
  • Working with the local culture and ensuring we are able to intertwine local culture practices with the importance of safe practices.

Health & Hygiene

  • Clean, unlimited drinking water
  • Balanced, filling, healthy, free meals daily.
  • Widespread availability of hand washing facilities
  • Workers are to wear masks at all times to prevent dust intake.
  • Free yearly health check for all employees and social insurance.

Integrity Initiative

  • Part of our code of conduct.
  • Formalizing NKG’s corporate culture.
  • Group wide behavioral guidelines.
  • Meeting increasingly high ethical demands.
  • Adhering to the same principles.
  • Clear Communication.

Our Core Values

At Neumann Kaffee Gruppe we direct our efforts towards 5 primary values that are central to our foundations as a company.