Paris-based climate tech firm Greenly has launched a Digital Product Passport platform designed to help manufacturers and brands organize product data and prepare for new European Union (EU) requirements under the bloc’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation.
The platform combines life-cycle assessment data, supplier information and regulatory monitoring, allowing companies to consolidate information that can be spread across enterprise systems, supplier portals and outside assessments.
The EU framework will progressively introduce product-specific requirements for Digital Product Passports, potentially covering environmental footprints, material composition, supply chain traceability and end-of-life information.
Data Collection Is The Central Challenge
Greenly says manufacturers can spend six to 12 months collecting the information required for a passport for a single product category. Its platform is intended to shorten that process by starting with a product’s bill of materials and matching components with available datasets to establish an initial estimate of its environmental footprint.
The system then allows suppliers to provide material declarations, energy certificates and process-level information through a centralized portal. Life-cycle assessment results are subsequently structured according to the requirements applicable to each product category.
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Once created, passports can be maintained as supplier information and regulatory requirements change. Greenly says implementation can begin with one to two weeks of setup and scoping, followed by four to eight weeks of supply-chain data collection, with passport generation and hosting once the necessary information is available.
The EU is introducing the requirements in stages through ecodesign measures and delegated acts for individual product categories. Its 2025-2030 working plan identifies iron and steel, textiles, tires, aluminum, furniture, mattresses and information and communications technology products among priority areas.
Greenly said its platform is available now and can import bills of materials, match products with footprint data, collect supplier information and host passports with unique identifiers.
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