Sustainability & Circular Economy
Product categories phased in under ESPR (2026–2030)
First mandatory DPP deadline (EV & industrial batteries)
Annual EU sales value of priority product groups
Regulation Overview
The Digital Product Passport is the EU's flagship tool for product-level sustainability transparency under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). For supply chain and compliance teams, the DPP means collecting, validating, and structuring lifecycle data—material composition, substances of concern, carbon footprint, repairability scores, and end-of-life instructions—for every product placed on the EU market.
The ESPR 2025–2030 Working Plan identifies priority product groups including iron and steel, aluminium, textiles, furniture, tyres, and electronics. Delegated acts define product-specific DPP data requirements. Batteries are first, with mandatory passports from February 2027.
Each DPP must be machine-readable, linked via QR code or NFC tag, and registered in the EU's central DPP registry. DPP compliance requires granular, verified data from every tier of your supply chain. Without structured evidence collection from suppliers, you cannot populate a compliant Digital Product Passport.
Key Components / Sub-Frameworks
Manufacturers placing products on the EU market (including non-EU manufacturers)
Importers responsible for verifying DPP compliance of non-EU products
Distributors and retailers verifying product labeling and documentation
Non-EU companies exporting regulated products to EU markets
Companies assembling products from components requiring upstream DPP data
Supply chain partners providing material composition and sustainability data
Key Thresholds
A compliant DPP requires verified data from every supply chain tier—raw material origin, processing methods, substance declarations, carbon footprints, and recycled content percentages. Your Tier 1 supplier provides partial data. Your Tier 2 supplier has no digital systems. Your Tier 3 supplier operates in a jurisdiction with no reporting standards.
Delegated acts are adopted per product category on staggered timelines. Iron and steel in 2026. Textiles in 2027. Electronics TBD. Each act defines different data fields, thresholds, and formats. Your compliance team manages multiple parallel implementation tracks across product lines with 18-month preparation windows.
DPP data must be structured in standardized, machine-readable formats—JSON-LD, GS1 Digital Link, ISO/IEC 15459 identifiers. Supplier declarations arrive as PDFs, Excel files, and emails in 15 languages. Translating unstructured supplier evidence into registry-compliant, interoperable data requires systematic extraction and validation.
Every DPP must declare substances of concern—linking directly to REACH SVHC obligations, SCIP notifications, and product safety data. Without integrated compliance data management, teams duplicate effort across DPP, REACH, and SCIP workflows. Siloed systems mean inconsistent substance data across regulatory submissions.
Certivo In Action
DPP Workflow
Electronics Manufacturing
Pain Point
Repairability scores; component-level substance data; complex BOMs
Automotive Manufacturing
Pain Point
Battery passport requirements; multi-tier supply chain carbon data
Industrial & Heavy Equipment
Pain Point
Steel and aluminium delegated acts; legacy material data gaps
Aerospace & Defense
Pain Point
Stringent traceability; prime flowdown to sub-tier material suppliers
Construction Materials
Pain Point
CPR overlap; iron/steel DPP among first delegated acts; long lifecycles
Consumer Goods
Pain Point
High SKU counts; textile DPP requirements; frequent reformulations
Energy & Infrastructure
Pain Point
Battery regulation; renewable energy component traceability
Chemical Manufacturing
Pain Point
Substances of concern data feeds into downstream DPPs
80% Reduction in Compliance Labor
CORA collects supplier data, extracts lifecycle attributes, and populates DPP fields automatically. Your team focuses on data validation exceptions—not spreadsheet compilation.
4 Hours to Registry-Ready Passport
Generate complete, validated Digital Product Passports in hours—not the months of manual data gathering across multi-tier supply chains.
Real-Time Delegated Act Sync
When the Commission adopts new delegated acts, Certivo maps requirements to your portfolio instantly. Know which products need DPP data before preparation windows close.
Key Statistics
Frequently Asked Questions
Which products require a Digital Product Passport under the ESPR?
The ESPR covers nearly all physical goods placed on the EU market. The 2025–2030 Working Plan prioritizes iron and steel, aluminium, textiles, furniture, tyres, and electronics. EV and industrial batteries over 2kWh require a Battery Passport from February 2027. Product-specific requirements are defined through delegated acts, with 18+ months of preparation time after adoption. Certivo monitors delegated act timelines and maps incoming requirements to your product portfolio.
What are the penalties for DPP non-compliance?
Penalties are determined by individual EU member states and must be effective, proportionate, and dissuasive. They include fines, temporary exclusion from public procurement, and denial of EU market access. Products without a compliant DPP can be stopped at the border. Market surveillance authorities verify DPP accuracy and completeness through registry checks and product inspections.
What data must a Digital Product Passport contain?
Exact data fields vary by product category and delegated act. Common baseline requirements include unique product identifiers, material composition, substances of concern, carbon footprint, repairability information, recycled content, durability data, and end-of-life instructions. Data must be machine-readable, typically in JSON-LD format, and accessible via QR code or NFC tag. CORA extracts and structures these data points from supplier evidence automatically.
How does Certivo help populate DPPs with supplier data?
Certivo launches automated campaigns to collect material composition, substance declarations, carbon data, and sustainability attributes from suppliers at every tier. CORA parses responses in any format, extracts data to DPP field-level precision, validates against delegated act requirements, and generates registry-ready passport exports. Gap analysis identifies missing data before deadlines arrive.
How does DPP compliance relate to REACH and CBAM?
The DPP requires disclosure of substances of concern—directly overlapping with REACH SVHC obligations. Carbon footprint data required in DPPs for certain product categories overlaps with CBAM reporting. Certivo validates one supplier submission across DPP, REACH, SCIP, and CBAM frameworks, eliminating duplicate collection campaigns and ensuring data consistency across regulatory filings.