A code on the product
Each product carries a scannable data carrier — typically a QR code — linked to a unique identifier.
EU rollout underway — batteries first, from 18 February 2027
Digital Product Passports
The EU is giving products passports.
The EU is rolling out Digital Product Passports: scannable records of what a product is made of, where its materials came from, and how to repair or recycle it. Batteries must carry one from 18 February 2027 — more categories follow.
The passport page is the easy part. The hard part is the evidence behind every claim — and most of it sits with your suppliers. Redy runs that workflow end to end: request, verify, approve, version, publish.
Built for compliance-grade evidence chains under the EU's ESPR — requests, approvals, versions, audit-ready publication — not a static page generator.
Redy gets manufacturers, suppliers, and product owners passport-ready — evidence first.
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I make or sell products
You'll be the one issuing passports. See what it takes — and how Redy pulls the supplier evidence behind them.
I supply parts or materials
Your customers will ask for evidence. Answer once, stay in control, reuse everywhere — free.
I own products
Scan passports, verify claims, and keep them in a free vault with receipts and warranties.
I run a DPP platform
Backup-of-record continuity and supplier-authorized evidence APIs — Redy services work behind any platform, including yours.
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What is a Digital Product Passport?
A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a digital record that travels with a physical product. Scan a QR code on the product and you see what it's made of, where its materials came from, which certifications it holds, and how to repair or recycle it.
A record behind the code
The scan opens a governed record: materials, origin, compliance documents, repair and recycling information.
Evidence behind the record
Regulators expect every value to be provable — certificates, declarations, and test reports, with an audit trail.
Why this exists
The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) makes passports mandatory category by category, so sustainability and circularity claims can be checked instead of taken on faith.
Who needs one, and when
- Batteries — EV, industrial (>2 kWh), and light transport
- Fixed by law: 18 February 2027
- Textiles and apparel
- Rules in progress — among the first ESPR priorities
- Iron and steel, aluminium, tyres, furniture, mattresses
- Prioritized in the EU's first ESPR working plan
Only the battery date is fixed today; other categories follow as EU delegated acts are adopted. Selling into the EU from outside? The rules apply to you too.
The part everyone underestimates
Rendering a passport page takes days. Collecting trustworthy evidence from the suppliers who actually hold the data takes months. That workflow — request, verify, approve, version, publish — is what Redy runs.
Seeing is believing
See what a passport looks like
Four fictional demo products rendered by the production Redy passport viewer — the exact experience a shopper gets after scanning a QR code. Different product domains, different data, same system. Click one.
electronics
Aurora Wireless Earbuds
Battery chemistry, WEEE class, repairability index 8/10
Open passport
textile
Nordkapp 3-Layer Shell Jacket
Fibre composition, water use, full mill-to-retail custody chain
Open passport
appliances
Vettore Solo Espresso Machine
15-year spare parts guarantee, 9/10 repairability
Open passport
vehicles
Linden Commuter 8 City Bike
Frame-to-first-owner provenance, 20-year lifetime
Open passportThese examples are fictional and use demo data to illustrate layouts across product categories. Production passports are cryptographically signed, verified, and served from the Redy registry.
The first deadline is fixed. Most companies haven't started.
Getting one product passport-ready means mapping the required fields, collecting evidence across your supplier network, and proving every claim. Multiply that by your catalogue — that's the real project.
Batteries: 18 February 2027
First European DPP standards published
Six product groups prioritized next
Applies to non-EU sellers too
18 Feb 2027
The first passports become mandatory
EV, industrial (>2 kWh), and light-transport batteries placed on the EU market must carry a digital battery passport — the first DPP with a fixed statutory date.
Supplier evidence workflow
CollectBattery passport field map↗
Required evidence checklist↗
Per-product gap analysis↗
Not ready
Companies that feel prepared
Most affected organizations say they are not yet prepared. The missing piece is almost always supplier evidence — the part that cannot be rushed at the deadline.
Supplier evidence workflow
VerifySupplier request queue↗
Reusable evidence vault↗
Readiness board↗
Six groups
The wave behind batteries
The EU's first ESPR working plan prioritizes textiles, iron and steel, aluminium, tyres, furniture, and mattresses — each gains passport rules as delegated acts land.
Supplier evidence workflow
PublishSchema watchlist↗
Category mapping↗
Evidence field templates↗
Dig deeper
Pick what you want to explore.
Everything below is the full story — no handwaving. Go as deep as you like.
How it works →
The operating layer behind every passport: requests, evidence, approvals, versions, publication.
Your industry →
Batteries, textiles, and the DPP categories arriving in waves.
Compare →
Redy vs. page generators, PIM/PLM, and spreadsheets.
Proof & trust →
How every claim ties back to a real, verifiable evidence chain.
Pricing →
What it costs — and why supplier evidence stays free.
Features →
The full workflow, end to end.
Running another DPP platform?
You don't have to build on Redy to build with it.
Two Redy services work behind any DPP platform: an independent backup-of-record that keeps passport records durable and servable even if the original host disappears, and a supplier-authorized evidence API for consuming verified supplier data from the Redy network — with the supplier's consent, governed and metered.