A custom Digital Product Passport (DPP) platform that complies with the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and sector regulations such as the EU Battery Regulation. Includes QR/NFC per product, supply chain data collection and integration with your PIM and ERP, ready for the phased DPP obligations by sector.
A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a standardised digital record that gathers all relevant data about a single physical product: composition, origin, carbon footprint, repair instructions and end-of-life guidance. It is accessible via a QR code or NFC tag on the product itself. The aim is to support the circular economy and transparency across the entire supply chain.
The DPP forms part of the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and existing sector regulations such as the EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542. Each sector has its own timeline: batteries lead (from February 2027), followed by textiles and electronics, then construction materials, chemicals, packaging and automotive. We build DPP platforms that bring your product data, supplier data and compliance requirements together in a single source that remains accurate beyond the statutory deadline.
Batteries (EU 2023/1542) — mandatory from February 2027 for EV batteries, batteries for light means of transport (LMT) and industrial batteries from 2 kWh. Data fields include, among others: chemical composition, carbon footprint per life-cycle stage, origin of critical raw materials, capacity, and repair and remanufacturing instructions. The due diligence requirements for the battery supply chain are set out in the main regulation.
Textiles and clothing: 2027-2028 under ESPR. Data fields include fibre composition, country of origin of the main production stages, presence of substances of very high concern (SVHC/REACH), recyclability and repair information. Given extended producer responsibility (EPR) for textiles, the DPP aligns with national recycling contributions.
Electronics: consumer and professional electronics follow between 2027 and 2030, depending on product group. Fields include energy rating, spare part availability, disassembly instructions, software update policy and recycled material percentage.
Construction materials: under the Construction Products Regulation and ESPR from 2027-2028. Fields include, among others, declarations of performance (DoP), environmental product declarations (EPD), hazardous substances, reusability and disassembly.
Chemicals and packaging: from 2028 under ESPR and the revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Fields include substance identity, hazard classes, recycled content, recyclability and linkage to the European SCIP database for substances of very high concern.
Automotive and vehicle fleets: from 2028. Fields include vehicle and component identification, recycled content, end-of-life route and alignment with the existing End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive.
Food and agri: partly covered by sector protocols and the EU Pact for Skills; there is no full ESPR obligation yet, but supply chain transparency requirements around origin, organic certification and footprint are growing. For clients already collecting data here, we often build a lightweight DPP variant that draws directly from their existing agri-food software data.
The delegated acts differ by product group and the exact deadlines sometimes shift. In the first conversation, we will map out, for your specific product catalogue, which obligation applies when and which data fields you already have available.
Depending on your sector, product volume and how far you already capture product data in a structured way. In the first conversation, we determine which variant fits and which compliance deadlines apply.
A focused platform for one product category, with a sector template (battery, textile, electronics), QR code generation and a public product page for each item. Includes importing existing product data from Excel or a simple PIM export. Suitable for meeting the first deadline without having to rebuild your entire stack straight away.
A production-ready platform that pulls live data from your PIM and ERP. Akeneo, Pimcore or Sales Layer on the product data side; Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Exact or AFAS on the ERP side. Multi-tenant for groups with several brands, with a per-field audit trail and role-based access for suppliers, inspectors and end customers.
For manufacturers with deep supply chains. Includes a supplier portal for uploading material, CO2 and certificate data, EPCIS-compatible traceability events, NFC tags for high-value products, and integration with CSRD/ESG reporting software. Suited to sectors where data arrives from dozens of tier 2 and tier 3 suppliers.
A working DPP platform that is ready for your sector's legal deadline, plus everything around it so you can manage and expand it yourself.
The exact data fields are set out per sector in a delegated act, but under most DPP regimes the following set recurs: product identifier (GTIN, serial number or batch), manufacturer and the other supply-chain actors, material composition with percentages per substance, substances of concern based on REACH/SVHC, carbon footprint per life-cycle stage, energy rating where relevant, repair and maintenance information, end-of-life instructions (recycling and disassembly), certificates and attestations, and transport and storage data.
For high-value products or products with an expected longer lifespan, ownership history is added: who bought the product when, resold it, or had it repaired. This is not a requirement, but it is a feature from which many customers in the second-hand and remanufacturing chain derive direct value. A custom DPP platform takes both layers into account: mandatory fields to meet regulation, and optional fields to create commercial value.
With OneDayBuild, we turn your idea into something tangible in one day for €1,150, so you can see whether further development is worth the investment. Decide to go ahead with the full build? Then we credit the full cost.
Explore OneDayBuild →Standard SaaS platforms exist for product footprint and sustainability: SAP Sustainability Footprint, IBM Envizi, Salesforce Net Zero Cloud, Watershed, Climatiq and Provenance. We don't replace them for enterprises already using them. We do build custom software in these situations:
Your product data already lives in Akeneo, Pimcore or Sales Layer and you don't want to move away from it. A SaaS DPP forces you into double entry; custom software reads directly from your PIM and publishes back to a single passport page.
For manufacturing, batteries or textiles, the data fields and validations are so specific that a generic SaaS tool constantly requires workarounds. Custom software covers your workflow without compromise.
Your tier-2 and tier-3 suppliers provide material data, certificates and CO2 figures. Standard SaaS offers no suitable portal for this; we build the onboarding and reminder process that works within your supply chain.
You have a parent company with several brands or business units, each with its own products and suppliers. A multi-tenant DPP platform offers central compliance plus brand-specific presentation.
You have, or are considering, a track-and-trace system. A DPP is then a natural extension: the same identifiers, the same events, and different consumer and inspector views.
For high-value products (bicycles, machines, furniture, clothing), a DPP with an ownership history and repair log creates immediate value in the second-hand market and with recycling partners. This is a feature that standard SaaS rarely covers out of the box.
A conversation to understand which regulations apply to your products, which deadline is relevant, and what product data you already have in structured form. We map the gaps between your current PIM/ERP and what the delegated act for your sector requires.
A workshop with your product management, quality and IT teams. We map which data fields come from which source system, which supplier data you need to collect, and what the public product page will look like. At the end: a sector-specific data model and an initial screen flow.
A working build every sprint. First the core data model and the public QR page, then the PIM/ERP integrations, then the supplier portal and admin tooling. You test along the way, and a few suppliers test too. A first tier goes live after a few sprints.
You start with a single product or product category. QR codes go on the packaging, and a defined group of customers and inspectors scan them. We optimise based on real usage before rolling out to your full catalogue.
Phased rollout to your full product catalogue and supplier base. Ongoing management for security patches, performance and updates as ESPR delegated acts become active for other product groups.
We don't work with product prices or packages. The scope of a project depends on a few concrete factors, which we discuss openly in the first conversation and record in a fixed sprint budget.
A DPP under the EU Battery Regulation (2023/1542) has a different data model from a DPP under ESPR for textiles or electronics. The more specific the delegated act, the more validations there are.
A platform that only reads from Akeneo is quicker to build than one that also synchronises bi-directionally with SAP, Exact, AFAS and feeds a supplier portal.
A hundred SKUs using the same template are easier to support than fifty product lines each with their own data model. Variation determines the admin tooling.
A tier-1 supplier portal for twenty suppliers is a different beast from a portal that retrieves tier-3 data via tier-1. Onboarding tooling then becomes a module in its own right.
What clients want to know before we start: DPP deadlines, integrations and data quality.
A no-obligation introductory call of half an hour. We listen to your products, your sector and your deadline, and give you useful direction, even if the outcome is that a SaaS tool suits you better than custom software.
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