Made mandatory within the European Union from 2027, what are the challenges faced by companies in implementing a Digital Product Passport that complies with regulatory requirements and supports the transition to more responsible fashion? and more economically efficient?
We found our 2 e-SCM Solutions alongside the members of the BALI – Biarritz Active Lifestyle Industry Chair for the round table: The digital passport of products: regulatory issues and implementation challenges.
Pantxika Ospital , Specialist Consultant PNP – Phd, e-SCM, intervened to explain the interest of the Digital Product Passport, particularly in the textile and fashion sector. Traceability in supply chains is essential for monitoring the product cycle and allows brands to move towards agile and sustainable production.
Patrick BOURG , Director of Operations, e-SCM, had the opportunity to host this round table!
Maurine Poirier, Environmental display engineer AT
DEME “The digital passport of products is a real expectation of consumers. Showing this score means getting closer to the customer and showing more transparency. It is a real anti-green-washing eco-design tool, in line with the fast fashion law. It is essential for companies to take advantage of this tool to better design their products and anticipate future regulatory texts from 2025."
Yohann Petiot, Managing Director, Alliance du Commerce
“The digital product passport is a necessary step: it is a lever for change for the company and a foundation for transformation. There is an economic interest for businesses. Today, the challenge is to bring on board suppliers who have their own constraints. At the collective level, we must question the standardization of this data. Traceability is a tool and must be a means of transforming: but the main thing is to act to transform. »
Audrey C., Development Manager, OXBOW
“What we have seen in recent years with the various laws is that the supply chain is very aware of the fact that we can ask it for data. It is prepared and on regulatory watch. The most complex thing is knowing how to organize this data collection so that it is not too burdensome for all players in the sector. There needs to be collective support. We must certainly evolve, but we must do so with finesse. Data analysis is a source of learning: it provides opportunities and perspective on what can be improved. »
Pantxika Ospital, PNP Specialist Consultant – Phd, e-SCM Solutions
“PNP is a tool to enable new uses and meet the challenges of the textile and fashion industry. Traceability is crucial in supply chains, which bring together companies of different types and sizes, often geographically distant. In the fashion and textile sector, it makes the continuity of information more reliable and extends its scope to the entire product life cycle. It is an asset for companies to better manage supply: towards more agile production. »
Pantxika Ospital, Doctor for a year, with four years of expertise as a specialized consultant at e-SCM, she remains at the heart of the traceability and transparency research group within the BALI chair. The e-SCM offers a supplier portal allowing fashion and luxury brands to optimize and coordinate their supply chains and supplier relationships. This innovative digital framework aims to meet growing traceability requirements, while strengthening transparency within the industry.
Regulatory developments represent a major challenge for businesses today. This “tsunami” of new compliance requirements requires brands to fundamentally rethink their practices. Several key regulations are guiding this transformation, each imposing specific obligations aimed at regulating industry practices.
These regulations affect not only the companies themselves, but also the specific products they manufacture, requiring more rigorous monitoring and control of manufacturing processes.
French legislative reforms complement this dynamic of increased compliance:
The European Green Deal constitutes the framework for this transformation towards more sustainable and circular production. By integrating digitalization into industrial processes, this plan aims to make Europe a global model in terms of eco-responsible production. The transition relies heavily on data collection, essential for measuring and optimizing the environmental impact of products throughout their life cycle.
To ensure full transparency, it is now crucial for businesses to collect data continuously, step by step, rather than on an ad hoc basis. This integration of data collection within each stage of the process not only smooths out the impacts, but also increases the reliability of the information collected. The transition to sustainable production therefore requires a structured approach, where each step is documented in real time to facilitate the management of environmental performance.
The implementation of this regulatory framework redefines the contours of responsibility and transparency in the fashion and luxury industry. In this context, digital solutions like the e-SCM portal allow brands to meet traceability, transparency and sustainability requirements, while adapting to constantly evolving European standards.
