Regulation
Digital Product Passport (DPP)
Also: DPP · product passport · battery passport
A machine-readable record, introduced by the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, that carries product information such as composition, environmental footprint, repairability and provenance across the value chain.
A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a structured, digitally accessible set of data about a specific product, linked to it through a data carrier such as a QR code. It is one of the central instruments of the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), Regulation (EU) 2024/1781.
What it contains
The exact content is defined per product group in delegated acts, but passports are expected to carry information on materials and substances of concern, environmental footprint indicators, durability and repairability, recycled content, and instructions for use and end of life. Much of that information is derived from life cycle assessment and product carbon footprint data.
First product groups
Batteries lead the way: the EU Battery Regulation requires a battery passport for certain industrial and electric-vehicle batteries from 2027, including carbon footprint information. Textiles, iron and steel and other product groups are expected to follow under ESPR work plans.
Why verified data matters
A passport is only as trustworthy as the data behind it. Regulators, customers and recyclers will read DPPs by machine, so the environmental values they contain need traceable provenance and consistent methodology.
Where Verdatir fits
Verdatir prepares and verifies the environmental data that feeds DPPs, aligned with PEF and product-specific rules, with lineage that survives machine-to-machine exchange.
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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