European Commission ‘Methodology for defining data requirements for the Digital Product Passport under the ESPR framework’ published, co-authored by maki staff

The European Commission ‘Methodology for defining data requirements for the Digital Product Passport under the ESPR framework’ (link to landing page) has been published. This 2026 report presents a practical, step-by-step methodology to define a proposal of which data should be included in Digital Product Passports (DPPs) under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), and why it should be included, as well as the most suitable granularity (i.e. model, batch, or item level). By CHAWLA, K., CHIRVASUTA, T., WOLF, M.-A., WOLF, K., RONGEN, S. et al.