What Are Digital Product Passports?
Digital Product Passports are digital dossiers that document a product’s environmental and social impact throughout its life cycle. They include verified data on material origin, chemical composition, production processes, repairability, recyclability, and end-of-life handling.
By linking this data to each product, DPPs will:
- Enable traceability from fibre to finish,
- Support circular economy goals, and
- Help prevent greenwashing by ensuring all claims are backed by verifiable evidence.
While first implementation phases are expected around 2027, textiles are projected to follow shortly after, with full requirements anticipated by 2030. For businesses, now is the time to prepare.
Why Greenwashing Is the Industry’s Turning Point
In recent years, sustainability communication has been challenged by accusations of greenwashing — unverified or exaggerated claims that damage consumer trust. DPPs aim to solve this by providing standardised, transparent, and verifiable data.
However, the effectiveness of a Digital Product Passport depends entirely on data credibility. Without reliable testing and certification, even the most advanced traceability system is only as strong as its weakest link.
Independent verification transforms sustainability from a marketing statement into measurable progress.
The Building Blocks of a Credible DPP Strategy
1. Trace the Journey
Every product has a story — and DPPs make it visible. Understanding the journey from fibre to final product allows brands to map suppliers, materials, and impacts. This is the foundation of transparency.
TESTEX supports businesses in supply chain traceability and in identifying where verified data adds the most value.
2. Verify the Data
- Reliable data is the cornerstone of compliance and credibility. Through accredited testing and certification, TESTEX verifies:
- Material and chemical safety (e.g. OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100, ECO PASSPORT)
- Sustainable production (e.g. OEKO-TEX® STeP)
- Environmental impact (e.g. wastewater testing, emissions, durability)
These results can be integrated into DPP systems, ensuring consistency and comparability across partners and platforms.
3. Communicate with Confidence
DPPs are not just regulatory tools — they are communication tools. By sharing verified product information, brands empower customers, partners, and regulators with trustworthy data.
With verified laboratory data and standardised documentation, TESTEX helps ensure your sustainability information can be integrated across digital platforms worldwide.
From Compliance to Competitive Advantage
Digital Product Passports will soon become a regulatory requirement, but early adopters can turn compliance into opportunity. Verified transparency builds:
- Trust with consumers and partners,
- Efficiency through digital data management, and
- Reputation as a sustainability leader.
Instead of reacting to legislation, forward-thinking companies are already using verified data to strengthen brand integrity and prepare for circularity.
How TESTEX Can Help
With decades of experience in testing, certification, and sustainability assessment, TESTEX provides the verification backbone for DPP readiness. Our experts help you:
- Identify relevant data points for your products,
- Conduct laboratory testing and compliance assessments,
- Validate and document results for digital integration.
Verified data builds trust. Trust builds lasting sustainability.
Start preparing today — partner with TESTEX to ensure your data is accurate, verifiable, and ready for Digital Product Passports.