Understanding the digital passport.
Guides, regulation and the technical side of the textile Digital Product Passport — no needless jargon.
DPP Pilot Testing: Validate Your Digital Product Passport Before Collection Launch
A structured pilot on 3–5 SKUs reveals data gaps, process bottlenecks, and integration issues before you scale your Digital Product Passport to the full collection.
GTIN, Serial, or Batch? Choosing the Right Identifier for Your DPP
Selecting between product-level, batch-level, or item-level identifiers determines your DPP's traceability depth, implementation cost, and compliance readiness.
End-of-Life and Circularity: What Your Digital Product Passport Must Include
ESPR mandates specific circularity data in every textile DPP — here's what recyclability, disassembly, and take-back requirements actually mean for your brand.
Recycled Content Certifications: GRS, RCS, OBP and Your Digital Product Passport
A practical guide to choosing the right recycled content certification and connecting verification data to your ESPR-compliant Digital Product Passport.
Supplier Onboarding: How to Collect DPP Data from Your Supply Chain
A practical guide with templates, email scripts, and workflows for gathering traceability data from tier 2-3 suppliers who have never heard of the Digital Product Passport.
Durability and Repairability: The New ESPR Obligations for Textiles
The EU's Ecodesign Regulation introduces mandatory durability and repairability disclosures in Digital Product Passports—here's what fashion brands need to collect from their supply chains.
Pre-DPP Internal Audit: The Checklist for Brands in 2026
Fifteen essential checks on product data, suppliers, and processes to arrive prepared for the EU Digital Product Passport mandate.
Material Composition Under ESPR: What Textile Brands Must Actually Disclose
A technical breakdown of fiber declarations, percentage thresholds, and recycled content requirements in the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation.
Mapping the Textile Supply Chain: From Tier 1 to Tier 3 for DPP Compliance
A practical guide for fashion brands to identify and document yarn, weaving, and finishing suppliers ahead of ESPR traceability requirements.
Green claims and EmpCo: why sustainable brands must act in 2026
No, the digital passport does not become mandatory «sooner» if you're an ethical brand. But from 27 September 2026 your environmental claims must be proven — and the passport is that proof.
ESPR and textiles: what changes by 2028
The Digital Product Passport deadline for clothing: what you need ready and when — without the scare tactics.
GS1 Digital Link: the QR that becomes a passport
How a single URI connects a garment to its structured data — and why it's the standard behind the textile Digital Product Passport.
From CSV to passport: preparing your collection data
The minimum fields of a textile Digital Product Passport, the most common mistakes in real files, and how the AI structures them for you.