With GLNs, you can uniquely identify your company’s parties and locations consistently throughout the entire supply chain. With a GS1 Company Prefix, you can create GLNs for your company in GS1 Rekisteri. On this page, we explain how you can get started easily.
The GS1 2D code opens up new possibilities for consumer communication. At the same time, it helps improve product safety, process efficiency, and supply chain management. It is a step toward interoperable traceability across the supply chain.
The data model of food sustainability outlines a method for collecting and sharing sustainability data throughout the entire food chain.
GS1 standards enable the seamless flow of food traceability data throughout the food supply chain.
The identification of raw materials and the management of their master data form the basis for interoperable traceability and ensuring sustainability across the entire food chain.
GS1’s GLN provides a common, unique way to identify parties, functions, legal entities and locations in the food chain.
For AI to function reliably, it requires structurally high-quality, consistent, and machine-readable data—and this is where GS1 standards play a key role.
GS1 standards effectively support traceability by providing interoperable international solutions for tracking products and related events throughout their entire lifecycle.
GS1's global standards enable the identification and sharing of authenticated data in supply chains across industries and between stakeholders.
A joint development project of GS1 Finland, ProAgria, and food chain operators is conducting practical tests to determine how data generated in primary production can be transmitted smoothly and consistently throughout the food chain.
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.
Our parallel project to the Animal Welfare Verification System coordinated by Luke is investigating how animal welfare information could be incorporated into product information and shared transparently throughout the food chain – from primary production to the consumer.
We are developing a new service in collaboration with food companies that will enable the joint collection of data from cattle farms as required by the EU Deforestation Regulation. The solution will promote transparency and traceability in accordance with the regulation and enable the necessary...
We coordinate the Food Data Finland program, which aims to build practical data solutions and promote data interoperability in the Finnish food chain.
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.
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...
In the Data model of raw material master data development project, we defined 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, was part of the Interoperable traceability...
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive increases the requirements for corporate sustainability reporting and extends them to information moving in the supply chain. GS1 Finland's development project examined what kind of common information requirements sustainability reporting sets for...
GS1 Finland collaborated with industry leaders on a development project to create a roadmap for implementing interoperable traceability solutions across Finland's food chain.
Together with food industry and retail trade companies, GS1 prepared a proposal how the GS1 2D code could be used when communicating products to consumers and thus facilitate consumers' access to product information.
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...
GS1 together with the actors of the food value chain compiled a data model of food sustainability in Finland. The development project belonging to the Food Data Finland Growth Engine program prepared a proposal, how data related to food sustainability could move from primary production to food...
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.
As a technology supplier, you play a key role in the transition to the next generation of barcodes. We have compiled useful links for you on this page on the technical implementation and utilisation of GS1 2D Code.
A GS1 2D code helps you enhance your brand’s communication with consumers. In addition, it enables the efficient transfer of information related to your product further along the supply chain.
The GS1 2D code brings more accurate product information to your processes, helping to further improve operational efficiency.
Our standards are suitable for all industries and for use by companies of all sizes.
GS1 is an important partner of every supplier and trading company: GS1 is the only company that offers the necessary barcodes and logistic identifiers for the sale of products.
The individual identification of products is the first step on the way to a common "digital language" in the real estate and construction industry. GS1 offers a solution for this with global standards.
In healthcare, GS1 standards increase patient safety, improve transparency in supply chains and facilitate the traceability of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. The standards can be used to label and identify pharmaceuticals, equipment, patients and service providers of healthcare and hospital...