Workshop: The Digital Product Passport in the green transition

Sustainability has become a driver for modern life, for our economies and for society. Manufacturers are looking to produce in a resource efficient way and consumers ask for sustainable products.

The traceability and transparency of products are cornerstones of the EU's Circular Economy Action Plan. Tracking product components across complex and deep supply chains can yet be challenging. And trustworthy information on products is critical for the digital and green transition to succeed. Can the Digital Product Passport offer a solution?

At the start of the trilogues on the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), we hope to stimulate a discussion that looks ahead and provides learnings from business initiatives and projects that are piloting the implementation of a Digital Product Passport. Together we want to explore the opportunities and challenges ahead for the Digital Product Passport, including from a transatlantic perspective.

The Brussels Office of the German Economic Institute and the Europe Office of McLarty Associates have the pleasure to invite you to discuss the Digital Product Passport in the green transition on

Date:
October 16, 2023

Time:
2:00 - 4:00 pm

Place:
House of German Business, Rue Marie de Bourgogne 58, 1000 Brussels

Agenda

14:00 - 14:10 
The twin transition: DPPs and the circular economy  
Holger Kunze, Head of EU Representation, German Mechanical and Plant Engineering Industry (VDMA) 

14:10 - 14:25
The regulatory framework: Perspectives from the European Commission
Thomas Ebert, Policy Analyst, Green Digital Twin Transition, DG CNECT 

14:25 - 14:55 
Eclass as part of the solution  
Jerome Blum, Managing Director ECLASS e. V. for the digital standardization of global industrial products

Q&A (informal discussion with participants)

15:15 - 15:25 
Uptake of the DPP - Views from businesses
Dr. Adriana Neligan, German Economic Institute
Tejas Bhatt, Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Compliance, Technology and Innovation, Walmart

15:25 - 15:40 
The Transatlantic Initiative on Sustainable Trade and the DPP, perspectives from the EU and the US
Dr. Frances G. Burwell, Senior Director, Europe Practice, McLarty Associates and Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Washington DC.

Q&A (informal discussion with participants)

16:00 
End of workshop

We look forward to your participation and a stimulating discussion.