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About DPP
The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a digital representation of a physical product that provides access to information about the product's lifecycle, such as its origin, composition, and sustainability credentials.
Regulatory compliance
The new Eco-design Regulation will apply to almost all product categories and provide a harmonized framework for setting requirements for specific product groups. The idea is that in addition to being energy and resource efficient, which is already required, products should also be more durable, reliable, reusable, upgradeable, repairable, recyclable, and easier to maintain.
In 2024, the new legislation Eco-design Sustainable Product Regulation (ESPR) is expected to be adopted under the ordinary legislative process. Shortly thereafter, the rules for the first priority product groups will be set out in delegated acts. After a deadline of about 18 months after the delegated acts are published - the first products will need to have a Digital Product Passport to be sold in the EU - regardless of where they are manufactured.
The priority product groups are batteries, textiles, electronics, construction products, furniture, plastics, chemicals, etc. Before 2030, all product groups will have a digital product passport with a few exceptions, such as food, pharmaceuticals, and animal feed.
The purpose of DigitalProductPassport.com is to help companies in this change with aggregated information and help to simplify the processes companies need to work through for the transformation to go smoothly and without disrupting normal operations.
The background to the Digital Product Passport (DPP)
On 11 December 2019, "The Green Deal" was presented by the European Commission to serve as a roadmap to make the EU economy sustainable by turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities across all policy areas and making the transition fair for all.
Fresh air, clean water, healthy soil and biodiversity
The improvements the Green Deal strategy will ensure
The 'Green Deal' is the basis for the growth strategy that will transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy. The goal and clear intention is that by 2050 there are no net greenhouse gas emissions and economic growth is decoupled from resource consumption.
The Green Deal
Renovated, energy-efficient buildings
Healthy and affordable food
More public transport
Cleaner energy and pioneering clean technological innovation
Longer lasting products that can be repaired, recycled and reused
Future-proofed jobs and skills development for the transition
Globally competitive and resilient industry
Advantages with Digital Product Passports
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Future requirements for the contribution of products to achieving the EU's climate goals involve three broad actions: promoting sustainable product design, empowering consumers and public purchasers, and promoting circularity in production processes.
There are many benefits of DPP. Some are listed below for different groups of users,
issuers, control bodies and society:
Support and help consumers to be able to compare products and make sustainable choices at the time of purchase and throughout the product life cycle.
Extend the lifetime of products.
Consumers
Save energy, resources and costs.
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Digital product passports contribute to accelerating the sustainable transition with more sustainable production and consumption production and consumption with increased circularity, transparency and traceability.
Help reduce impacts on climate, environment and biodiversity.
The Environment
Remove the most polluting products from the EU market.
Reduce negative impacts along product value chains.
More efficient administration and easier to verify the compliance of products with legal requirements.
Authorities and control bodies
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Business is favored for companies that want to be at the forefront and have the ambition to contribute to a sustainable transition.
Increased transparency also benefits businesses and cooperation between different actors in the supply chain.
Businesses
Resource management with more efficient recycling and waste management will promote a circular use of materials and resources.
Healthier competition with a fair and level playing field.
Reduce administrative and compliance costs.
Create a competitive edge globally.
Reducing the risk of counterfeiting and simplifying product recalls.
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Decouple economic growth from energy and resource use.
Increase resilience to external shocks, reduce dependencies.
Benefits for the economy
Strengthen market for recycled materials.
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Introducing a Digital Product Passport system with all the data that needs to be managed can be very time-consuming and costly, and the main business can suffer. So it's important to start early and work smart and systematically. Instead of letting it become a bureaucratic burden, make sure that you as a company get growth opportunities from and in the digital transformation. When the digital data is in place in a company, there are excellent conditions for adding value, building in more access to valuable information about the entire product life cycle, changing the business model with e.g. service and repair agreements, etc.
What are the
challenges of DPP?
