A new CIRPASS (Collaborative Initiative for a Standards-based Digital Product Passport for Stakeholder-Specific Sharing of Product Data for a Circular Economy) project has officially kicked off with a hybrid meeting taking place in Brussels.
- In all, 30 partners are representing thousands of industrial, digital, international, standards and regulatory organisations and NGOs across Europe.
- CIRPASS is an 18-month project, and will respond to the European Commission’s call on creating a clear concept of the DPP (Digital Product Passport), defining a cross-sectoral product data model with demonstrated benefits for the circular economy as well as developing roadmaps for its deployment.
- The project got under way on 5 October.
The Backdrop: DPPs are crucial for enabling the EU’s transition to a circular economy
- The circular economy will replace wasteful linear economies by 2029, according to a 2019 Garner study. To get there requires turning around the linear supply chain system to create a whole circular ecosystem.
- Through the DPP, CIRPASS will help in laying the foundation for such an ecosystem across value chains in three sectors—batteries, electronics and textiles—based on common rules, principles, taxonomy and standards.
The Work: The project aims to deliver at least three DPP prototypes for the three sectors as well as reaching agreements on key data for circularity and sustainability.
- The consortium partners will also work together to provide recommendations for a data exchange protocol and system architecture, making sure that the product information contained in the DPP will be standardised and machine-readable.
- By enabling a successful rollout of the DPPs in critical sectors, CIRPASS will contribute to giving the European industry the possibility to implement the circular business model on a large scale and in a resilient way
- To ensure a cross-sectoral approach, CIRPASS is uniting leading European research and technology organisations, supported by three standardisation organisations, an experienced pool of circular economy and sustainability consultancies, several large European industrial associations, digital technologies and web experts as well as selected digital solution providers.
- The project will build a consensus around the DPP concept and contribute to the development of common principles, prototypes and roadmaps for the deployment of DPPs across value chains, sectors and market participants.
- An ecosystem for stakeholder engagement will be set up. Various activities to activate companies and organisations from across Europe will be announced throughout the project, including joining expert and stakeholder groups, participating in CIRPASS’s workshops and public events, responding to consultations and much more.
The Members:
- Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
- Environmental Consulting (Ireland) Limited
- Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung
- Wuppertal Institut fur Klima, Umwelt, Energie
- Stiftelsen Chalmers Industriteknik
- Vde Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik
- Global Textile Scheme
- +Impakt Luxembourg Sarl
- F6s Network Ireland Limited
- Geie Ercim
- Cei Society
- Gs1 In Europe
- Politecnico di Milano
- Circular Fashion Ug (Haftungsbeschrankt)
- DIGITALEUROPE
- EIT InnoEnergy
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Tallinn University of Technology
Associate Partners:
- RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden
- Veltha
- Green Electronics Council
- Energy Web Foundation
- Worldline France
- BAM – Bundesanstalt Fuer Materialforschung Und -Pruefung
- SyncForce
- Asociacion De Empresas Tecnologicas Innovalia
- Responsible Business Alliance
- Textile Exchange
- Ipoint-Systems
- atma.io by Avery Dennison
Some highlights:
- Consultancy circular.fashion will contribute to develop the DPP prototype for textiles. Beyond the sector specific developments, circular.fashion will be also active in creating information and system architecture of the cross-sectoral DPP system. To achieve the ambitious project goals, circular.fashion will bring in their profound expertise from many years of operating the circularity.ID and circularity.ID Open Data Standard. Insights and learnings from its implementation and connection into the reverse supply chain for many different leading organisations across the value chain will help contribute to a feasible and thought-through prototype of the DPP.
- DigitalEurope will lead the work package on communication, dissemination and stakeholder engagement, positioning CIRPASS as a key forum for cooperation and transfer of knowledge between European and global initiatives towards the deployment of DPPs. DigitalEurope’s work, in close collaboration with other project partners, will also facilitate the exploitation and sustainability of the project’s outcomes, ensuring the highest impact in terms of long-lasting synergies between key sectors.
