Insights & Perspectives
Guides, analysis and industry news on the Digital Product Passport and the ESPR regulation.
Transpareo in the agentic age
More and more compliance work is done by assistants, not people. What a platform has to offer them, and how much work an assistant takes off your hands.
The Digital Product Passport - the Reference by Industry
Fourteen industry pages, eleven checklists, every deadline sourced - our Digital Product Passport reference. And why a passport pays off before it is mandatory.
Battery passport: the day-one list is out
The EU Commission has issued its first official verdict on all 71 entries in the battery passport: mandatory, optional, or not yet. What 18 February 2027 asks for.
One stream, one direction: how data flows into the passport
ERP, MES, PLM and PIM feed the Digital Product Passport yet keep control. Data flows in one direction only, and all that comes back are receipts.
Disclosure doesn't cost you the signature
Anyone shown protected fields usually has to trust the platform. We sign each field on its own, so those fields carry their own proof.
The DPP Registry Is Law, and We Are Ready
The EU register for Digital Product Passports became law on 16 July 2026. What it asks of you, and what we prepare for you.
Standard by Standard: How Transpareo Meets the Harmonised DPP Norms
Six standards for the product passport are set in stone. The target has stopped moving, and we already meet it.
From AAS Submodel to Published DPP: The Checklist
A Digital Nameplate plus Asset Administration Shell gets you far, but not all the way to a passport. The seven steps still missing.
The AAS Is the Foundation of the Digital Product Passport
Whoever keeps a digital nameplate for their products already has half a product passport. What is still missing is a printed code, a seal and a public address.
EN 18223: why three lines become twenty
A product passport has to say what every field means. If the dictionary is open, a link will do. If it costs money, the meaning moves into every value. That is exactly what EN 18223 does, and exactly why it stays an output format for us.
The Brussels effect explained: why EU rules apply worldwide
Why a regulation decided in Brussels reaches into a factory in Guangdong - and who the 2027 battery passport duty really affects.
Shaping the global standard: our six comments on the UN Transparency Protocol
A passport only counts if any tool can check it. The rules for that are being written now, and we submitted six notes. Two drew a reply, and one changed our own verifier.
The DPP forces digitisation - and that is the real opportunity
For most companies the first hurdle is not the deadlines but product data spread across PDFs, emails and a dozen spreadsheets.
Trust that outlives the product: signatures and certificates in the DPP
A DPP has to stay verifiable for ten years; a platform rarely lasts that long. So trust attaches to the record, not to the provider.
One data set, two regimes: a single DPP for the EU and China
Supplying batteries to Europe and China means facing two opposed sets of rules. Why a single product data set is still enough.
One passport, three dictionaries
A product passport invents no new language. It uses three existing dictionaries so that every reader understands every field, today and in ten years.
Have Your Say: what we wrote to the EU Commission on the DPP register regulation
A draft law was on the table, and anyone could write in. We did, four times, on the four points a manufacturer would hit first.
The EU DPP register: what the Commission draft of 29 April proposes
The EU register is a directory, not a copy of your data. You register yourself, and it remembers the address and the fingerprint.
ESPR timeline 2027: what battery manufacturers need to know now
From 18 February 2027 every battery above 2 kWh needs a product passport. What is settled, and what the implementing act still leaves open.
Why GS1 Digital Link is the right standard for DPPs
Proprietary QR codes or an international standard? A technical comparison and what GS1 Digital Link means for interoperability.
Textile industry: closing the data gaps in the supply chain
From the fibre to the finished product: how fashion brands prepare for the ESPR obligations expected from 2029 by obliging the assembler to pass on the data of the weaver and the spinning mill.
From compliance document to marketing tool
Every QR scan is a consumer interaction. How companies use their DPPs as a lead-generation channel - without greenwashing.
40 languages automatically: how our AI translation handles technical terminology
A look behind the scenes of our automatic product-data translation - and why technical terminology has to be treated differently from a novel.
Carbon footprint in the DPP: which method to choose?
To the factory gate or to the grave, life-cycle assessment or environmental declaration - a pragmatic guide to the CO2 calculation methods that the ESPR accepts.
Construction products without a GTIN: how the DPP works anyway
Cement, bricks, steel beams - the construction sector has many products without a classic trade identifier. We show the route via batch IDs.
ERP integration in 2 weeks: a guide to your own interface
From SAP to Odoo - this is how you connect Transpareo to your existing system via our REST API, in two weeks instead of a six-month project.
Cosmetics: 20 years of product transparency as a blueprint for DPPs
What other sectors can learn from Cosmetic Analysis - lessons from almost two decades of ingredient transparency.
What the DPP obligation really costs - and what penalties cost
Platform subscription against a fine: why the timely DPP introduction always costs less than the late one.
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