Plain-language articles on the EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) and the ESPR: what is mandatory, from when, and what data you need — so you are ready in time.
A plain-language guide to the Digital Product Passport: what it is, why the EU introduces it, what data it must hold, and when it becomes mandatory by category.
ESPR has no single switch-on date: the Digital Product Passport becomes mandatory category by category, via delegated acts, typically between 2028 and 2031.
From fibre composition to the supply chain: which data fields you need to gather for a textile DPP, and by when — plus the destruction-ban deadlines.
Under EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542, the battery passport becomes mandatory from 18 February 2027 for every EV, LMT and industrial battery above 2 kWh.
QR codes and GS1 Digital Link tie a physical product to its digital passport: data carrier types, access levels, and placement in practice.
Eight concrete steps manufacturers and brands can take today to start preparing for the DPP — from product inventory to QR-code labelling.
Fines, product withdrawal, procurement bans — what awaits a company without a Digital Product Passport? The real consequences.
The ESPR mandates transparency — but it doesn't make everything public. Here's how the product passport reconciles trade secrets with layered access.
The DPP isn't just a compliance burden — it builds trust, premium pricing and circular revenue. Why treating it as a business asset wins, not as a checkbox.
Most of a product passport's data originates with your suppliers, not with you. A five-step playbook to gather it in a structured, timely way.