Klimato
Klimato is a Swedish software and data service that calculates the carbon footprint of food. It maps a business's recipes or procurement data to an emissions database of more than 20,000 ingredients, then produces Scope 1 to 3 reports, dish-level carbon labels and product footprints. It is sold to caterers, hotel groups, restaurants and food producers, and is aimed at larger operators.
Last reviewed
- Best for
- Contract caterers, Hotel groups and restaurant chains
- Pricing
- Quote only
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Contract caterers
Scope 1 to 3 reporting built around ingredient and procurement data across many sites, for CSRD and tender requirements.
Hotel groups and restaurant chains
Carbon labels and a recipe footprint calculator with unlimited users and multi-restaurant support.
Food producers
Product carbon footprint reports aligned with ISO 14067 and on-pack labels.
What it does
Food emissions reporting
Maps procurement data to ingredient-level emission factors and reports Scope 3 Category 1, including FLAG emissions.
Carbon accounting
Full Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reporting with support for reporting frameworks.
Recipe carbon footprint calculator
Calculates the footprint of a dish, compares dishes and suggests food swaps.
Carbon labels
A to E labels in kg CO2e per meal for physical menus, digital displays and apps.
Product carbon footprint
Reports for food producers aligned with ISO 14067 and the GHG Protocol, with on-pack labels.
Emissions database
Ingredient data by production method and country of origin across 18 regional databases and more than 20,000 ingredients.
Automated emission factor mapping
Matches a customer's ingredient catalogue to the database with machine learning, similarity matching and manual review.
Dashboard and visualisation
Shows emissions data and ingredient hotspots.
Procurement report add-on
Optional report with category and hotspot breakdowns for sustainability teams and auditors.
Open API
Retrieves recipes, menus and reports in JSON for use on digital menus, websites or internal tools.
Menu design tools
Menu design feature plus nutrition, calorie and allergen information alongside carbon labels.
Disclosure outputs
Disclosures provided according to ESRS (CSRD), VSME and TCFD.
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Quote only
The plans page lists Klimato Food Emissions and Klimato Carbon Accounting, with Carbon Labeling and Product Carbon Footprint as add-on or stand-alone products, and each has a Get quote button. No prices are published.
Works with
- Inventory
- ApicBase
- Other
- DelegateIndicaterKitchen CUTParsley
- Suppliers
- MillumProcure Wizard
Procure Wizard is listed as in development. The integrations page also describes an open API for custom connections.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- Sweden, United Kingdom
- Platforms
- Web
- Hardware
- None; it is a web service fed by recipe or procurement data.
Klimato does not state where it sells. The list comes from its Stockholm office and its newsroom items about UK food and drink businesses.
The company
- Company
- Klimato AB
- Registration
- Swedish registration number 559139-1759
- Headquarters
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Founders
- Anton Unger, Christoffer Connée
- Customers named by the vendor
- Sodexo, Hilton, Accor, SSP, Quorn, Wahaca, Flora
Security and support
- Security and compliance
- Database methodology certified by WRI and IVL; footprints aligned with GHG Protocol and ISO 14067
- Support
- Onboarding, implementation support and continuous reviews are included in every plan, plus a support email.
Listing details
- Built for
- Restaurants, Catering, Food manufacturing
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- klimato.com
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Prices
- Founding year
- Funding and investors
- Employee count
- Contract term
- Interface languages
- Full customer list and countries served
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.
- Positioning and customershttps://klimato.com/
- Plans and product listhttps://klimato.com/standard-plans
- Food Emissions producthttps://klimato.com/klimato-food-emissions
- Carbon labelling producthttps://klimato.com/klimato-carbon-labeling
- Caterer use casehttps://klimato.com/catering
- Integration partners and open APIhttps://klimato.com/integrations
- Apicbase integration announcementhttps://klimato.com/klimato-and-apicbase-integrate-on-food-emissions-klimato
- Team and foundershttps://klimato.com/team
- Legal entityhttps://klimato.com/terms-and-conditions
- Newsroomhttps://klimato.com/newsroom
- FAQ on calculation scopehttps://klimato.com/faq
- Positioninghttps://klimato.com/why-klimato