Digital Product Passports: From Product Data to Registered Passports

How DPPs work, which products are affected and when, and how to turn scattered product data into passports you can register and maintain.

From 18 February 2027, certain batteries placed on the EU market will need a registered Digital Product Passport. Iron and steel, textiles, tyres, aluminium, furniture, construction products and others are already on the European Commission's timeline.

Most of the information a DPP asks for already exists somewhere in the value chain. The difficulty is that it sits in different systems, with different suppliers, in different formats, and rarely in a form anyone outside the company can verify. In July 2026, the Commission opened the DPP Registry and adopted the rules that govern it. The DPP has moved from policy to working infrastructure.

What you'll learn in this ebook:

• The eight product-data challenges that come up again and again, and what changes when you move beyond spreadsheets.
• Model, batch and item passports, and what each level means for data volume and supplier connections.
• How the DPP Registry works, and why registration is not the same as compliance.
• The timeline: which dates are fixed in law and which are still indicative.
• Who needs to be involved, from compliance and IT to procurement and leadership.
• Buy vs build, with six questions to ask any DPP provider.

Written for compliance, sustainability, operations, IT and leadership teams at companies whose products fall under the ESPR or sector laws such as the Batteries Regulation.