We coordinate and facilitate industry-developing programs and projects. We gather our customers in collaboration groups to develop the practices of their industry and to influence the development of our services. In addition, we are strongly involved in the development of the GS1's global standards.
On this page you will find instructions for using the product information service and media bank, as well as different solutions for sharing product information. We have divided the instructions for information savers, information recipients, integration users and product media maintainers.
Carbon footprint data allows both consumers and trading partners to obtain information about the environmental impacts of products in a transparent, traceable and comparable way. Carbon footprint information plays a significant role in sustainability reporting.
We are coordinating a project portfolio that aims to develop a interoperable traceability solution for the Finnish food chain based on common standards and operating models.
In the Data model of raw material master data development project, we define a structured way to describe and share key information about raw materials throughout the food chain. The project, carried out together with the food industry and retail trade, is part of the Interoperable traceability...
We coordinate the Food Data Finland program, which aims to build practical data solutions and promote data interoperability in the Finnish food chain. The cooperation in the program will strengthen the competence, sustainability and competitiveness of the network's member organisations and the...
We are renewing our product information management services to better meet the needs of our customers now and in the future. The new service will be launched in Spring 2026.
GS1 Finland collaborated with industry leaders on a development project to create a roadmap for implementing interoperable traceability solutions across Finland's food chain.
The GS1 Synkka product information service will be updated to a new version on May 24, 2025. This page provides detailed information about the upcoming 3.1.31 version update for customers utilising the service integration.
Our partners implement tested and certified solutions to support the use of GS1 standards and services. Through the partner network, we are able to expand our expertise and offer more value to our customers.
What does the future of barcodes look like? Can a single code be used to serve both the retail value chain and consumers in the future? Discover the possibilities of the new, smarter GS1 2D code.
2024 was a year of growing cooperation and importance of standards for GS1 Finland. The changing operating environment, especially the increasing requirements of EU legislation, laid the foundation for the strengthening of our role and the expansion of our operations. The development of our services...
Supplies, trade, logistics and medicine and patient safety. Solutions innovated by GS1 bring efficiency and fluency to several industries.
We believe that correct and reliable information in accordance with standards is the key to a more responsible and cooperative world. To a world that creates new opportunities from information and its benefits. This is what we contribute to with our work at GS1 Finland, without choosing a side.
All GS1 identifiers and barcodes are generated using the GS1 Company Prefix.
In the next few years, a digital product passport will be required for almost all products placed on the EU market. There is therefore a significant reform upcoming for the product information offered to consumers, and for this reform the GS1 standards provide ready-made keys.
The Barcode (r)Evolution
One scan.
Infinite possibilities.
On this page you can find the GS1 Golli user manual with detailed descriptions of how to use the service. We'll also tell you how to get started using GS1 Golli, and we'll provide guidance for the situations that most often trouble users of the service.
The GS1 Rekisteri makes it easy to create, maintain and manage the company's GTIN and GLN identifiers.
Here you can find instructions for making identifiers and markings according to GS1 standards.
GS1's standards and services are constantly being developed. The global development of GS1 standards takes place in a forum made up of experts from different industries and in related working groups. In Finland, we facilitate cooperation groups consisting of several companies, where our customers...
The Finnish grocery trade and the food industry are committed to the joint development of the entire industry in their vision of the world's most consumer-oriented food value chain 2025.
GS1 Finland carried out a development project that mapped the prerequisites and readiness of food industry and retail trade companies for the introduction of the GS1 2D code. In addition, the project prepared a project plan for a possible industry GS1 2D code implementation project. The definition...
The reliability of data is a critical factor in today's business environment, where decisions are increasingly based on real-time data. GS1's global standards enable the identification and sharing of authenticated data in supply chains across industries and between stakeholders.
Trading partners, consumers and authorities are increasingly demanding transparency into the origin and responsibility of products. GS1 standards effectively support this traceability by providing interoperable international solutions for tracking products and related events throughout their entire...