Introduced by the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), DPPs are designed with data integrity as their main anchor, creating a trusted audit trail to ensure compliance readiness with new regulatory mandates. The core motivation for these rules is to drive sustainability and reshape global value chains.
Digital passports contain comprehensive, standardized information, such as a product's repairability or durability score, carbon footprint, and detailed instructions for maintenance and end-of-life handling. This is all designed to encourage more sustainable product choices and facilitate a circular economy by providing critical information for treatment facilities on disassembly, reuse, and recycling.
Using blockchain to achieve mandated transparency for the ESPR regulation
The DPP is a system mandated by Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, also known as the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), which aims to make product data on sustainability and environmental impact more transparent and accessible.
The European Commission will establish a central DPP registry, providing businesses, consumers, and authorities with access to product sustainability data through unique product identifiers on a need-to-know basis.
The specific data fields and access rights will be defined by delegated acts for each individual product group. All data must be in open, machine-readable formats, and any personal data included requires the individual's explicit consent
Consumers can access key information on a product’s DPP, such as its repairability score and carbon footprint. This empowers them to make more informed and sustainable purchasing decisions.
The DPP provides a transparent record of a product's journey, allowing stakeholders to trace movements, verify origin, and improve supply chain risk management.
Unique digital identifiers create verifiable records throughout the supply chain. This makes counterfeiting more difficult and helps stakeholders verify the authenticity and origin of the product.
Providing crucial information for waste management and recycling facilities, detailing a product's materials and instructions for disassembly, reuse, and proper disposal.
The DPP provides a verifiable anchor for evidence of emissions, circularity, and resource use. This enables consistent reporting and supports third-party assurance for sustainability claims.
The DPP is directly linked to compliance with the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), ensuring mandatory product information is digitally recorded and accessible to prevent market access issues and avoid fines.
Preserve critical product evidence beyond organizational change, using on-chain proofs to ensure integrity remains verifiable even if suppliers or service providers change over time.
Create a tamper-evident trail for compliance reviews, recalls, and market surveillance, which significantly reduces the need for manual reconciliation and helps ensure data integrity.
Prove what is needed without exposing confidential information by combining verifiable records with selective disclosure to respect privacy and data protection requirements.
Add an integrity layer to your existing PIM/ERP and passport services, anchoring evidence while allowing your operational data to remain within your existing systems.
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