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.
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...
GS1 Finland executed a development project together with the Finnish food industry and grocery trade operators, which aimed at a practical level to solve the new information requirements set for the food chain by the EU's deforestation regulation.
Terms and Conditions for the GS1 Company Prefix effective from 9 September 2026
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.
GS1’s GLN provides a common, unique way to identify parties, functions, legal entities and locations in the food chain.
Find out how our identification, capturing and sharing standards and the common operating models based on them can, among other things, improve business processes, smooth the information flow in the supply chain and improve the customer experience.
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.
We support the growth of Finnish companies by providing services that bring efficiency, transparency and ease to information sharing between companies and promote digitalisation.
GS1 Synkka is a centralised service for delivering and receiving product information.
We coordinate the Food Data Finland network, which develops practical data solutions and promotes data interoperability across the Finnish food chain.
Together with fisheries companies, retailers, wholesalers and authorities, we are developing a common approach to the management and exchange of batch and traceability data for fish across the entire value chain.
With GS1 standards, packaging data is linked as part of product data and utilised efficiently in business operations, the circular economy and regulatory compliance.
All GS1 identifiers and barcodes are generated using the GS1 Company Prefix.
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.
GS1 Data Tuotetiedot provides a single, centralized solution for maintaining, validating, and sharing product information.
GS1 Data combines the functions of GS1 Synkka and GS1 Rekisteri into one modern service. The goal is to make it easier to maintain and share product data. GS1 Data will be implemented in stages. Here you can find information about GS1 Data and its implementation.
We are developing a common operating model for collecting, harmonising and digitally sharing structured packaging material data as part of product information.
Supplies, trade, logistics and medicine and patient safety. Solutions innovated by GS1 bring efficiency and fluency to several industries.
GS1 standards provide a common language for data, enabling the information required for the product passport to be shared, understood, and utilised in an interoperable manner regardless of industry, technology, or country.