Digital Product Passport 2027+: Turning data obligations into competitive advantage.
The Digital Product Passport is gradually becoming reality. Competitive advantage emerges where product, sustainability and service data is already structured, connected and reusable today.
From concept to implementation
The regulatory direction is clear: the Digital Product Passport is moving step by step into implementation. What matters now is to organise product data, sustainability data and responsibilities.
ESPR working plan 2025–2030
The first product groups are being specified. Companies should now review data status, evidence and responsibilities.
Battery passport from 2027
For relevant industrial and electric vehicle batteries, the digital battery passport becomes a visible starting point from February 2027.
Data clarity creates speed
Those who organise data, processes and responsibilities today reduce later costs and gain room to act.
Why the Digital Product Passport matters now
Regulation, markets and customer expectations are accelerating. At the same time, data, processes and IT in many companies have grown historically. This is exactly where data clarity begins.
Understand regulation
ESPR, the Battery Regulation and additional product groups introduce step-by-step requirements for data, transparency and evidence.
Assess the data situation
Product data, documents, bills of materials and sustainability data often sit in different systems, files and responsibilities.
Implement pragmatically
With a pilot product, workshop and sprint, companies can create a robust and practical entry point into the DPP.
The Digital Product Passport in its ecosystem
Manufacturers, suppliers, market surveillance, trade and distribution, end users, repair and recycling/disposal: the DPP connects all actors along the value chain.
The DPP pays off – when it is set up correctly
The biggest risk is not the penalty, but the gradual loss of competitiveness, margin and strategic room to act.
Accelerate processes
Fewer queries, fewer manual evidence packages, fewer media breaks – and better audit readiness.
Strengthen market position
OEM-ready and audit-ready: transparency is becoming standard in supply chains, tenders and ESG ratings.
Open new revenue models
Service, refurbishment, second life and circular business become economically tangible when data is structured.
Start with a pilot product – 360° sprint (steps 1–6)
Clarify scope and data, review evidence, define responsibilities, create a prototype and then scale iteratively.
Result: sprint brief, lifecycle map, access concept (public/protected/permitted) and first structured exports.