Climate change is reshaping the conditions for producing and transporting food and drink. To remain resilient and competitive, we must become fossil free, use resources efficiently and ensure long-term supply security. We want to better understand the climate impact of the products we sell, and how we can reduce emissions across the entire value chain. We are engaging in the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) initiative, but progress is only possible through the active engagement of growers, producers and suppliers. This is where you will find information and guidance on PCF, aligned with your role in Systembolaget's supply chain.
In this film, we explain our positive vision for the industry, and our ambition: How our joint work on Product Carbon Footprint can be a part of the solution - a contribution to future-proofing the industry. The film is three minutes and subtitled.
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Sign upPCF data builds trust, meets buyer expectations, and helps identify improvements. The CarbonCloud reporting system for Systembolaget's supply chain reopens in March/April 2026, with extensive guidance shared on this website. Climate data will become part of our assortment ranking from autumn 2026. We also plan to include the product carbon footprint in customer guidance once quality assurance is in place.
Climate change is already reshaping the conditions for producing and transporting food and drink. Every part of the value chain—growers, producers, retailers, and consumers—is affected and has a role to play. Global frameworks like the Paris Agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and EU regulations all point in the same direction: reducing greenhouse gas emissions and limiting global warming.
Systembolaget will support those who take action—for example by enabling fair comparisons between products within the same category. Our goal is to create equal, transparent, and proportionate incentives for products with a lower climate footprint.
PCF stands for Product Carbon Footprint. It measures the total greenhouse gas emissions released across a product’s life cycle. The more emissions, the larger the footprint.
At Systembolaget, we divide PCF into four modules: Cultivation, Production, Packaging, and Transport.
To reduce climate impact, we first need to understand it. And to understand it, we must measure it—product by product. That’s why we work with PCF.
It’s the only way to accurately measure Scope 3 emissions, which make up the majority of our climate impact. Organisational data from suppliers isn’t enough—it can’t be linked to individual products. Instead, we need activity-based data from each part of the value chain. This gives us the detail needed to track emissions, enable fair comparisons, and drive real improvements.
Connect Your Supply Chain to Build a Network for Your Product’s Carbon Footprint
To calculate the carbon footprint of your product, Systembolaget uses CarbonCloud—a collaborative platform for product carbon footprinting. Systembolaget invites its suppliers to join the platform, and you, in turn, invite your suppliers.
Each participant contributes data about their own activities and then invites their suppliers. Step by step, the network grows and together builds a complete carbon footprint for the product.
Systembolaget provides access to the platform and offers support and training via this website and through our system provider, CarbonCloud. We invite our direct suppliers and their products to join the platform.
With consistent, granular, and relevant secondary data as a starting point, CarbonCloud enables seamless integration of primary activity data across multitier value chains. With in-app invitations and PCF calculations, the CarbonCloud platform enables real supplier collaboration at scale through automated outreach and built in data validation. Always with methodological consistency between suppliers, and between secondary emission factors and primary data based PCFs.
Every participant in the product value chain shares their data and instantly receives a calculation of the climate impact of their activities. You’ll also get a detailed footprint breakdown to identify emission hotspots.
Use the Draft feature to test and simulate future scenarios—evaluate their climate impact before implementation.
Together, we can take meaningful action to combat climate change.
Want to know more about your role? Explore: Direct Supplier | Producer | Cultivator
Access to your activity data is limited within the value chain. Learn more about how data sharing works.
Stay up to date with the latest updates on Systembolaget’s Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) work. Here we share relevant information such as system updates, upcoming trainings, guidance, and other important announcements to support your reporting and continuous improvements.
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