The digital product passport — Perspective of the European Commission, DG Connect
Summary of the Spherity Podcast‚ Product Passport Pioneers’ — Episode #2 with Ilias Iakovidis, European Commission DG Connect.
The digital product passport (DPP) is regulated for the first time in the ‘new EU Battery regulation’ and proposed in the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation of the European Commission published on March 30, 2022. On this occasion, we are keen to interview the makers of the DPP, who have worked behind the scenes to create the DPP concept and influenced the regulation for reaching the Goals of the European Green Deal. We discuss technical implementations and hurdles, and where it adds business values aside from regulatory compliance.
In our second episode, we invited Ilias Iakovidis, Advisor at the European Commission DG Connect to discuss with our Chief Innovation & Solutions Officer, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski, the upcoming EU circular economy regulations, the European Commission’s support, and the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulations (ESPR) proposals. Ilias Iakovidis has worked for the Commission for 20 years, focusing on digitizing healthcare. With his extensive knowledge, Ilias aims to accelerate the circular economy transition by bringing digitization…
