Wuppertal Institute Joined CIRPASS

The Ecosystem Digital Product Passport (CIRPASS) lays the foundation for the deployment of European Digital Product Passports

  • News 10.10.2022

Recently, the Wuppertal Institute has become part of the CIRPASS consortium. CIRPASS brings together a core network of leading organisations in building the European vision for a unified Digital Product Passport (DPP) approach across multiple value chains. Funded by the European Commission under the Digital Europe Programme, CIRPASS aims to prepare the ground for the gradual piloting and deployment of the DPPs from 2023 onwards. The initial focus is on the electronics, batteries and textile sectors. The Wuppertal Institute is leading the work on work package 5 "DPP Prototypes, Roadmaps & Recommendations". It will therefore be responsible for integration of CIRPASS's results into DPP pilots, a roadmap for the introduction of the DPPs, and for the development of recommendations for policy makers.

On 5 October, the new CIRPASS (Collaborative Initiative for a Standards-based Digital Product Passport for Stakeholder-Specific Sharing of Product Data for a Circular Economy) project officially kicked off with a hybrid meeting taking place in Brussels. It comprises 30 partners representing a multitude of industrial, digital, international, standards and regulatory organisations and NGOs across Europe. The 18-month project will respond to the European Commission’s call on creating a clear concept of the DPP. It will define a cross-sectoral product data model with demonstrated benefits for the circular economy as well as developing roadmaps for its deployment.

Dr. Holger Berg, project lead for the Wuppertal Institute and Vice-Director of the Circular Economy Research Division at the Wuppertal Institute: "We are proud to be part of this important project. The DPP is a crucial ingredient for the establishment of the smart circular economy in Europe."

DPPs are crucial for enabling the EU's transition to a circular economy

To get to the Circular Economy requires turning around the linear supply chain system to create a whole circular ecosystem. Through the DPP, CIRPASS helps in laying the foundation for such an ecosystem across value chains based on common rules, principles, taxonomy and standards. In specific, the project aims to deliver at DPP prototypes for each of the three sectors as well as reaching agreements on key data for circularity and sustainability. The consortium partners will also work together to provide recommendations for a data exchange protocol and system architecture, making sure that the product information contained in the DPP will be standardised and machine-readable.

By enabling a successful rollout of the DPPs in critical sectors, CIRPASS contributes to giving the European industry the possibility to implement the circular business model on a large scale and in a resilient way.


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