Framework
Catena-X
Also: Catena-X data space · Catena-X PCF
The automotive industry's open data ecosystem for secure, standardised data exchange along the supply chain, including a rulebook and data model for product carbon footprints and other sustainability data.
Catena-X is a collaborative data ecosystem created by the automotive industry to let manufacturers, suppliers and service providers exchange data across company boundaries while retaining sovereignty over their own data.
Sustainability use cases
Among its first use cases is the exchange of product carbon footprints along the supply chain. Catena-X defines a PCF rulebook and data model aligned with the PACT Pathfinder Framework, so that a component’s footprint can travel from a tier-n supplier to the vehicle manufacturer in a consistent, machine-readable format. Further use cases cover digital product passports, traceability and circularity.
How exchange works
Participants connect through certified connectors and data-space services that enforce access policies and usage conditions. Data stays with its owner and is shared under agreed terms rather than copied into a central database.
Why it matters beyond automotive
Catena-X is one of the most developed examples of an industry data space for sustainability data, and its models influence other sectors and the design of digital product passports.
Where Verdatir fits
Verdatir’s framework-alignment layer supports the Catena-X PCF data model alongside PACT, so that supplier data can be validated before it enters the data space and traced after it leaves.
Sources and further reading
In practice
Verdatir turns the rules behind this term into automated checks with a reviewer in the loop.
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