By 2030, every fashion and textile product sold within the EU will require a Digital Product Passport (DPP). The scheme should make it easier to share information about a garment’s supply chain and other useful data.

The scheme aims to provide consumers with better information to allow them to make informed choices, helping move society towards more sustainable choices and eventually circularity.

Digital Product Passports are being rolled out one sector at a time, starting with batteries, but many fashion companies are already starting to introduce DPPs.

With sustainability becoming an growing concern – and a lot of data required to make the scheme work – is it time for fashion brands to make a start on introducing DPPs?

What is a Digital Product Passport (DPP)?

DPPs are scannable QR codes or other tags added to products to provide information about the product’s material composition, supply chain and how it can be recycled or disposed of safely.

Helene Behrenfeldt, industry solution director – fashion at software provider Infor, told Just Style that using DPPs