SEMCo's procurement criteria consist of proposals for environmental and social requirements to be used when purchasing goods, services and work contracts.

In 2006 SEMCo added social aspects to its range of criteria. The criteria are based on a holistic view of environmental aspects, which include life cycle analysis, and comply with Swedish procurement legislation.    

The procurement criteria are developed through an an open participatory process where private, public and third sector stakeholders attend expert group meetings. The main objective for developing ready-to-use criteria is to make environmental requirements available to a broad number of professionals. Also, suppliers and contractors are made aware of future processes. The final phase of the criteria process is a quality-assurance carried out by auditors.

All criteria documents are available in English, however, related information and guidance are only available in Swedish.