2025 was a year of further development and investment in our future. Although it was a challenging year from a financial perspective, we made important progress towards a more sustainable future and created strong momentum around our Mid Term Plan.

Our ambition remains clear: to be the international leader in vitalising and sustainable workspaces. We pursue this by offering the right products and services in the right channels and markets, supported by an efficient organisation, strong team spirit and sustainability embedded in how we work.

In 2025, we continued to execute our Mid Term Plan and made progress on several strategic projects, like product innovation, the expansion of our indirect channels — with a.o. our cooperation with designfunktion to bring sustainable solutions to Germany — our ERP implementation and the further integration of sustainability KPIs.

I am very proud of the energy and commitment shown by colleagues across the organisation, while at the same time focusing on serving our customers every day.

We further embedded our four sustainability pillars — Sustainable Products, Circular Services, Climate Action and Social Fairness — into our way of working, translating ambitions into measurable actions and performance indicators.

A major sustainability milestone was the validation of our climate targets by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), making Royal Ahrend the first Dutch office furniture company with science-based targets aligned to the 1.5°C pathway.

Although regulatory developments, including the continued evolution of CSRD requirements, have provided companies with more time to adapt, our commitment remains unchanged. We see sustainability not as a compliance exercise, but as a strategic opportunity and a responsibility towards our customers, colleagues and future generations.

I would like to thank all colleagues for their dedication, professionalism and commitment throughout the year. Together, we are making Royal Ahrend a stronger and more sustainable company for the future.

Claudia