Digital Product Passports and regulatory compliance
The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation is introducing mandatory Digital Product Passports from 2026. Data Graphs is a certified GS1 Solution Partner and the only knowledge-graph-native DPP platform already operating at EU scale, with live deployments in agrichemicals, and sector templates ready for textiles, electronics, batteries, furniture, and more.
Why most manufacturers are not ready for DPP compliance, and how to fix it fast
A Digital Product Passport is not a document. It is a structured, machine-readable, GS1-compatible data product that must be maintained in real time across a product's entire lifecycle, from R&D through to end-of-life, and made accessible to consumers, supply chain partners, and regulators on demand. Building and maintaining that infrastructure requires connecting product data from ERP, PLM, and R&D systems into a structured, governed data model that can be queried, versioned, and delivered in compliance with evolving GS1 schemas and EU regulatory requirements. For most manufacturers, doing this in-house means a multi-year data engineering program.
Data Graphs eliminates that build. The platform is a fully managed, GS1-certified PaaS that handles the full DPP lifecycle: data modeling, ingestion from upstream systems, AI-assisted extraction from legacy documents, validation against GS1 schemas, registration with the central discovery service, and real-time delivery to consumers and supply chain stakeholders. Manufacturers connect to Data Graphs, configure their product schema, and go live. The engineering problem is already solved.
Go live with DPP compliance before your competitors, without a multi-year build
The EU ESPR Delegated Acts begin rolling out from 2026, with batteries and textiles first, followed by electronics, furniture, and industrial products. Manufacturers that start now have a narrow window to be compliant and operational before the deadlines arrive. Building DPP infrastructure in-house, connecting internal systems, developing GS1-compliant data models, establishing the registry integration, and building the consumer-facing delivery layer, typically takes 18 to 24 months for a well-resourced team. Data Graphs compresses that timeline dramatically. The platform is pre-built, GS1-certified, and already operating at EU scale in production. A manufacturer with structured product data can be live in weeks, not years. One that needs to extract product data from legacy documents can use the AI-assisted extraction workflows to accelerate the transition from PDFs to structured, machine-readable DPPs.
Manage DPPs across thousands of products, dozens of markets
A single product range may require different DPP schemas for different markets, different language versions for different countries, and different data access permissions for different supply chain actors. Managing this at scale, across a portfolio of thousands of SKUs and multiple regulatory jurisdictions, is not a spreadsheet problem. Data Graphs manages all of it in a single governed knowledge graph: one source of product truth that generates the right DPP for the right market, in the right language, at the right level of supply chain access. When a product specification changes, it updates across all markets simultaneously. When a regulatory schema is updated, the validation layer catches non-compliance before it reaches the registry. This is what DPP management at enterprise scale looks like.
Connect DPP data to the rest of your product intelligence
A Digital Product Passport that exists in isolation from the rest of your product data is a compliance checkbox, not a business asset. Data Graphs enables manufacturers to connect DPP data to the broader product knowledge graph: R&D data, supplier information, sustainability metrics, quality records, and customer-facing content. This connected view creates new possibilities beyond compliance: supply chain transparency dashboards for enterprise customers, AI-assisted product Q&A for consumers, traceability audit trails for regulators, and internal product intelligence tools for commercial and sustainability teams. The DPP becomes the entry point to a richer product data ecosystem rather than a separate compliance artifact.
Syngenta uses Data Graphs to manage Digital Product Passports for its plant protection product portfolio across the EU. CropLife Europe, Bayer, and Corteva also use the Data Graphs platform as part of the EU-mandated AgriGuide initiative, delivering GS1-compliant machine-readable product data across 27 member states and 25 languages.
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