Between Obligation and Opportunity: What the GermanFashion Info Day Revealed The Digital Product Passport (DPP)  has been a hot topic in panels, trade media, and political debates for months. But real clarity only emerges where theory meets practice. That moment arrived on December 9 in Cologne , at the GermanFashion Info Day  — a day where companies didn’t just listen, but began to truly understand how the DPP plays out in real processes, real teams, and real products . From the outset, it...

While some regulations lose momentum, the DPP stays Germany’s Supply Chain Act has already been softened and parts of the Green Deal are being reprioritized. But one element remains firmly in place:the Digital Product Passport (DPP) . Because even though the DPP originated within the Green Deal, it was never a pure sustainability instrument. From the start, it has been designed as Europe’s digital product data backbone . Digital Product Passport: What it means for product data in companies...

A+A 2025 in Düsseldorf made one thing unmistakably clear: The Digital Product Passport (DPP)  is gaining momentum in the textile sector especially in workwear and protective clothing. Not as an abstract part of the Ecodesign Regulation, but as a practical tool  for product transparency, lifecycle management and everyday data workflows. The Reality Check: A fully functional DPP for workwear ROFA Bekleidungswerk GmbH & Co. KG presented the Digital Product Passport for its MULTI-LIGHT HI-VIS II...