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People, Product, Planet: How PaperTale Is building smarter Digital Product Passports in SwePass
What if transparency wasn't just a buzzword, but a technical standard – built into every product from raw material to recycling bin? That's exactly the kind of future PaperTale is working toward, and it’s why they’ve joined the SwePass project under the Trace4Value platform.
Filippa K invests in digital product passports to enable circular fashion and product traceability
As a well-established fashion brand with in-house production, Filippa K sees it as a given responsibility to ensure that their garments live on - even after they leave the store shelves. With a clear focus on traceability and textile recycling, the company is now joining the SwePass project, where digital product passports are being developed as tools for a more circular and transparent value chain in the textile industry.
How IDC helps industry understand the value of digital product passports in SwePass
As the SwePass project advances digital product passports (DPP) to support tomorrow's sustainable industries, ensuring companies understand and adopt this technology is crucial. This is precisely where IDcab excels: connecting innovation with industrial reality.
Digital Product Passports: Making transparency the new norm in textile industry
Ever wondered exactly where your clothes come from, what they're made of, and how sustainable they truly are? That’s exactly the type of transparency that consumers soon can expect.
Laying the foundation for sustainability
The European Union estimates that 80% of a product’s environmental impact is determined before manufacturing even begins. This underscores the importance of making the right decisions early in the process—through design, material selection, procurement, and production.
Efficient product tracking with blockchain in supply chains
Many sectors face significant challenges in maintaining transparent and sustainable product tracking. Traced Systems, a blockchain-powered solution from ChromaWay, is improving product traceability across industries as part of the Trace4Value+SwePass project. By leveraging Digital Product Passports, Traced Systems fosters greater transparency and sustainability throughout the entire product lifecycle across sectors.
Advancing circularity in industrial ecosystems
Sustainability is on everyone’s agenda, but making it a reality in resource-intensive industries is easier said than done. The flat glass industry, crucial for everything from skyscrapers to home renovations, is facing a big challenge: how to break free from a linear economy where materials are used once and discarded. But change is happening, and the shift towards circularity is gaining momentum.
Digital product passports: from idea to reality
Digital product passports are not just a new piece of EU legislation - they are an opportunity for companies to strengthen their sustainability profile, meet customer expectations and contribute to the green transition. At Svensk Handel's recent seminar, it was discussed how these digital identities can create transparency throughout the product life cycle - from manufacturing to recycling.
Hello there, Sophie Charpentier, co-author of the report ‘Data for traceability and digital product passports: Tips and overview’.
What is the report about? What are digital product passports and why are they important? What are the challenges? How can businesses start preparing for digital product passports? Read all the questions and answers here!