Strategic Focus: Product Compliance Through Digital Product Passports
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Executive Summary
In the coming years, digital product passports (DPPs) will substantially impact product data management processes for organizations placing products on the European market. The European Commission (EC) is finalizing an array of DPP regulations, spearheaded by the EU Battery Regulation and guided by the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). In preparation, firms across relevant industries are developing proof of concepts and DPP pilots. Whilst DPPs are being positioned by the EC as a solution for product sustainability and circularity, they will have meaningful ramifications for product compliance processes. This report seeks to provide an overview of the DPP regulatory landscape, clarify what DPPs are and how they will be structured, and offer an analysis of the link between product compliance data and DPPs. Heads of product, compliance experts and product stewards should also use this report to understand technology ecosystem considerations, to ensure the successful and timely execution of DPPs.EU regulation is spearheading the development and implementation of DPPs in industry
DPPs will create standardized product data sets and encourage the transformation of data collection infrastructure
Product compliance data will be tightly interlinked with digital passports
Passport regulation will encourage a rethink of firms’ product data management ecosystems
Figure 2. Product-specific EU regulation relevant to DPPs
Figure 3. Supplier data collection models
Figure 4. Example battery passport data model breakdown
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Chris Sayers
Senior Manager
Chris is a Senior Manager at Verdantix. His current research agenda targets enterprise AI integration and adoption, AI market trends and agentic AI. Chris joined Verdantix in ...
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Bill Pennington
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Bill is VP Research at Verdantix, where he leads analysis on the evolving and interconnected landscapes of EHS, quality, AI and enterprise risk management. His research helps ...
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