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Brewing Sustainable Coffee Change: KOLTIVA at World of Coffee Geneva 2025

Updated: 2 days ago

Executive Summaries

  • KOLTIVA Joins World of Coffee Geneva 2025. We will participate in Europe’s premier specialty coffee trade show, showcasing its digital traceability solutions, sustainability services, and global impact across Indonesia, APAC, LATAM, and EMEA.


  • Empowering Producers with Tech and Transparency. With over 405,000 coffee producers supported, KOLTIVA provides end-to-end digital tools, on-the-ground coaching, and climate-smart training—enabling traceable, sustainable, and equitable coffee supply chains.


  • Global Collaboration and Market Access. Through collaboration in Latin America and other regions, and representation by Senior Head of Market Americas, Silvan Ziegler, KOLTIVA invites coffee enterprises to collaborate on traceability, EUDR compliance, and responsible sourcing innovations


As the global coffee landscape becomes ever more interconnected, KOLTIVA is proud to announce our participation in World of Coffee Geneva, taking place from June 26–28, 2025, at Palexpo in Switzerland. We’ll be there firsthand—providing coffee producers with the tools, insights, and support they need to thrive. Speaking from the vantage of KOLTIVA, we invite you to explore how we’re contributing across Indonesia, APAC, LATAM, and EMEA, and how our team, including our Senior Head of Market Americas, Silvan Ziegler, will be available onsite to meet and collaborate with coffee businesses worldwide.


World of Coffee has earned its reputation as Europe’s premier specialty coffee trade show, renowned for a dynamicatmosphere, engaging exhibits, a packed educational program, and advance industry insights. In 2025, the event will bring together over 13,000 professionals, 430+ exhibitors, and a rich schedule of workshops, lectures, competitions, and forums.


At KOLTIVA, we share this vision of sustainable, equitable growth—anchoring our mission around transparency, traceability, and community well‑being. We work collaboratively with coffee businesses and coffee producers to bring sustainable, transparent supply chains to life. 


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🌱 Our Roots: Transforming Coffee Production in Indonesia

Our story began in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest coffee-producing countries. Today, we work with more than 405,000 smallholder coffee producers across Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, and Flores, delivering not just digital tools, but lasting impact.


We’ve built an integrated approach combining digital traceability, on-the-ground coaching, and climate-smart training to support farmers and their communities. Our proprietary technology, KoltiTrace, allows us to monitor every step of the journey—from farm to exporter—ensuring transparency, compliance, and accountability. But we go beyond data. Through farmer capacity-building, we help increase yields, improve income, and reduce climate risks. It’s tech with a heart—and impact at scale.


For Indonesian producers navigating fragmented markets, limited access to finance, and now the pressure of international due diligence regulations, we’re more than a solution provider—we’re a trusted partner walking alongside them every step of the way.


Over the past year, we've supported dozens of Indonesian coffee businesses verified 750,000+ hectares under traceable chains, and achieved measurable yield and income improvements.



🌎 Building Trust and Transparency in LATAM & EMEA

Beyond Indonesia, KOLTIVA’s model has scaled across Central and South America, Africa, and Europe:


  • LATAM: We've partnered with coffee enterprises, cooperatives in Colombia, Peru, and Mexico—deploying digital mobile tools for quality control, delivering producers‑champion training in Good Agriculture Practices, agronomy, and sustainable certification.

  • EMEA: In Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda, we work with coffee businesses to strengthen digital traceability in Europe. This has unlocked access to markets and driven premium returns.


Our Senior Head of Market, Silvan Ziegler, will represent KOLTIVA at the GCP Member Assembly 2025. With deep expertise in leading coffee traceability initiatives across the Americas, Silvan plays a key role in supporting enterprises, agribusinesses, producers, exporters, and roasters in achieving compliance with evolving regulations, including EUDR. If you’re attending the event or based in Switzerland, we invite you to connect with him for a consultation on how our Americas team can support your coffee business with scalable, field-proven solutions for traceability, sustainability, and supply chain transparency.



Why We’re at Geneva: Collaboration, Education, Innovation

We’re not attending this event just to exhibit—we're there to build:

  • Learning & sharing: We’ll attend lectures and workshops—especially those on sustainability. For example, Green Coffee Connect’s session on engineered biochar for carbon removal and soil health is right up our alley

  • Cross‑sector dialogue: World of Coffee is the perfect venue to explore crowdfunding for producer-led ventures, agriculture technology pilots, and partnerships

  • Networking: From roaster villages to buyer lounges, we’ll be actively connecting—introducing our traceability solutions to roasters, brands, and distributors seeking traceable supply.

  • Sharing our vision: We’ll showcase how KOLTIVA’s digital systems, agronomy services, and marketplace are fostering equitable, traceable coffee supply chains.


Meet Our Expert: Silvan Leading the Americas Charge

We're excited to share that Silvan, our Senior Head of Market Americas, will be on the ground in Geneva. With deep expertise in traceability, quality grading, and supply chain design, Silvan has worked directly with producers and buyers across North, Central, and South America.

At WOC Geneva, Silvan is available to:


  • Advise Coffee Enterprises, Businesse, Multinational Companies, Cooperatives, Exporters, and Brands on deploying digital traceability

  • Discuss how to establish sustainable sourcing frameworks with measurable environmental, social, and commercial outcomes

  • Explore co‑development of pilot projects—from data tools to farmer training


Whether you’re seeking better origin transparency, reliable climate data, or improved farmer engagement—our Americas team, led by Silvan, is ready to support your coffee business.


Let’s Meet in Geneva: Connect with Us

We want to hear about your sourcing goals, sustainability ambitions, and how we can support your business journey. Here’s how you can schedule a meeting



KOLTIVA: Connecting Enterprises, Producers, and Planet

Here's why our presence at WOC Geneva aligns with broader industry transformation:

  • Amplifying Producer Voices. We treat coffee businesses and producers as partners—providing access to data, transparency, and connection. This shift empowers them to become active stakeholders, not just suppliers.

  • Driving Sustainability with Tech. From robust traceability to mobile agronomy tools, and field applications, we embed sustainability in every link of the chain. Our digital systems enable measurable impact and real‑time market intelligence.

  • Enabling Market Access. By integrating quality scoring, certification support, and logistics coordination, we help producers access roasters worldwide—ensuring traceable coffee reaches premium buyers.

  • Cultivating Equity & Impact. We focus on community uplift: yield increases, upfront financing, farmer training, and resilience against climate and price risks.


We believe that coffee of the future needs transparency, robust data, and shared value. That’s what KOLTIVA brings—and we’re here to build it.

Invitation to Collaborate


To coffee enterprises, agribusinesses, exporters, brands, and impact investors: we’d love to meet you. Let’s explore how your company can:

  • Launch traceable, sustainable coffee offerings

  • Support producer‑driven climate and agroforestry initiatives

  • Pilot new digital platforms in partnership with community‑based producers


Come discuss it with Silvan and our global KOLTIVA team at Geneva. We’re here to listen, co‑design, and build pathways for responsible coffee sourcing.


See you in Geneva!



Author: Gusi Ayu Putri Chandrika Sari, Social Media Officer at KOLTIVA

Subject Matter Experts: Silvan Ziegler, Senior Head of Markets America at KOLTIVA


Silvan Ziegler is the Senior Head of Markets for the Americas at KOLTIVA, where he leads cross-functional teams across six Latin American countries to advance traceable, transparent, and sustainable agricultural supply chains. With over 15 years of experience in international development, Silvan brings deep expertise in the coffee and cocoa sectors and a proven track record of building inclusive value chains that drive impact for smallholder producers. His work is rooted in a strong commitment to sustainability, innovation, and transforming how commodities are sourced across the Americas.

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