“The EU Digital Product Passport shapes the future of value chains: What it is and how to prepare”

Key actions to get started with are (1) engaging in shaping the emerging DPP regulation, (2) assessing the company’s current data availability and starting to fill the gaps, (3) enabling the organization across departments to adapt to the coming DPP implementation and (4) planning for changes in the tech setup. [...] While the DPP will affect the majority of industries, the EC declared electronics to be one of the prioritized ones for the DPP implementation. [...] The EU Digital Product Passport shapes the future of value chains: What it is and how to prepare now 11 In sum, the DPP will introduce key changes to the way electronics brands report their data and can unlock new levels of transparency that may inspire more circularity in the VC. [...] The EU Digital Product Passport shapes the future of value chains: What it is and how to prepare now 14 More specifically, companies can start mapping the data points that will likely be included in the DPP and additional upcoming regulations or global standards to get a view of the data requirements they may face in the coming years. [...] The main focus of the implementation should be on the interoperability of systems inside the company and across the VC.