Digital Product Passport (DPP)

No Digital Product Passport means no EU market access — that is the practical reality of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR, Regulation 2024/1781). Starting in 2027 for priority categories including textiles, batteries, electronics, and furniture, every product placed on the EU market must carry a DPP containing materials composition, carbon footprint data, circularity metrics, supply chain information, and end-of-life handling instructions — all accessible via a data carrier (QR code or RFID) on the product itself.

The DPP is not a single document — it is a live data structure that must remain accessible throughout the product's lifecycle, potentially spanning decades for durable goods. The regulation specifies requirements around data carriers, access rights (different information for consumers, recyclers, and market surveillance authorities), interoperability standards, and unique product identifiers. Building this infrastructure internally demands significant IT investment. Outsourcing it to generic document management tools means losing the regulatory structure that makes a DPP compliant rather than just informational.

Sustalium is built specifically for this use case. Each product in your catalogue gets a DPP record with the exact data fields the ESPR mandates, populated from your existing material declarations, supplier evidence, and sustainability data. The platform generates QR-code-linked passport pages with role-based access — showing consumers repair information and recycled content, while exposing full supply chain detail to authorised enforcement bodies. When a product design changes, affected passport fields flag for review rather than requiring a full rebuild, keeping your catalogue compliant as it evolves.