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How Systech and Spherity successfully collaborate to support US Trading Partners with DSCSA compliance
Discover how Systech and Spherity partnered to help U.S. trading partners achieve seamless DSCSA compliance through secure, interoperable solutions.

Spherity
Mar 21, 20242 min read


Advancing Sustainability and Consumer Trust: Integrating GS1 Standards in Digital Product Passports for Verifiable Provenance
Exploring GS1-Compliant Digital Product Passport Implementations for Enhanced Sustainability and Circular Economy This article is a...

Carsten Stöcker
Dec 18, 202316 min read


The Future of the Resilient Industrial Internet enabled by modern identity, trust, and data space technologies
Transforming the Industrial Internet with the Unique Strengths of Catena-X, Manufacturing-X, and Energy data-X.

Carsten Stöcker
Nov 30, 20238 min read


A Decentralized Digital Product Passport for Textiles
In this article, we walk through a real-world Digital Product Passport (DPP) showcase using decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials to demonstrate how open, permissionless standards can power trusted, interoperable product data—from a running T-shirt to batteries—aligning with EU regulations and enabling secure, lifecycle-wide transparency without vendor lock-in.

Johannes Ebert
Nov 8, 20236 min read


Digital Organisational Identities as a Catalyst for Sustainable Finance
Digital organisational identities enable secure KYC and ESG data sharing, driving transparency and sustainability in the financial industry.

Carsten Stöcker
Oct 25, 20237 min read


The world’s first decentralized, verifiable Battery Passport.
How to implement a Battery Passports based on SSI technology Last update: Nov. 24th 2023 In this article, we show the first working...

Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski
Oct 23, 202310 min read


Are you concerned over DSCSA implementation and supply chain disruption?
Worried about DSCSA disruption? See 4 FDA violation patterns and how Spherity and Legisym enable automated ATP checks and secure product verification.

Spherity
Aug 24, 20232 min read


Decentralized Identity: How 11 Mega Trends are Driving Adoption and Shaping the Future
Explore how 11 mega trends are accelerating decentralized identity adoption—driving trust, privacy, and interoperability in open digital ecosystems.

Carsten Stöcker
Jun 21, 202320 min read


Beautifying the Future: Unleashing the Potential of Digital Product Passports in the Cosmetics Industry
Driving Marketing Innovation, Compliance, and Sustainability in the Cosmetics Industry Authors: Carsten Stöcker (Spherity), Susanne...

Carsten Stöcker
May 16, 202325 min read


Implementing Digital Product Passports using decentralized identity standards
Or how to use the “ StandICT.eu Landscape of Standards for digital product passports” Authors: Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski , Johannes...

Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski
Apr 27, 202310 min read


Takeaways from the DSCSA webinar - The Implementers Guide: PDG Blueprint on Credentialing
As co-chairs of the OCI’s Steering Committee, Georg Jürgens and David Kessler explained how OCI-specified credentials can support trading partners in meeting DSCSA requirements - sharing hands-on insights and lessons learned from real-world implementations.

Spherity
Apr 13, 20232 min read


Securing the Grid: Averting the Unseen Threats in Our Cyber-physical Energy Infrastructure
How identity, data provenance, algorithm security, and API protection strengthen energy grid resilience against cyber threats and data manipulation.

Carsten Stöcker
Mar 29, 202323 min read


Authentic e-Fuels: Ensuring Trust and Transparency in the Renewable Energy Supply Chain
In this blog post, we will explore the challenges, importance, and solutions for establishing authentic e-fuels in the renewable energy supply chain.

Carsten Stöcker
Mar 27, 20238 min read


How centralized ATP repositories complicate DSCSA-regulated product verifications
Why centralized ATP repositories complicate DSCSA compliance - examining risks, misconceptions, and better approaches to Authorized Trading Partner verification.

Georg Jürgens
Mar 9, 20239 min read


Closing a Key Gap in DSCSA Compliance
Check out Chris' piece in Pharmaceutical Commerce’s June issue, where she shares how OCI’s work on credential standards is enabling interoperable DSCSA solutions across the pharma supply chain.

Christiane Wirrig
Jun 24, 20221 min read


Identity in a Circular Future — Part 2/2
To make circular economy models economically viable, especially for low-value transactions like recycling or refurbishment, we need persistent, verifiable data on every product's lifecycle. This article outlines Spherity’s vision for a “Circular Cloud” — an open, accessible system that enables data traceability and supports enforcement of circular regulations while unlocking new business models through decentralized cooperation.

Carsten Stöcker
Jun 17, 202010 min read


#SSI101: Verified Credentials and Data Portability
In this #SSI101 glossary entry, we unpack Verifiable Credentials—secure, self-contained data capsules that bundle information with identity and context, making them portable, trustworthy, and ready for encryption, verification, and access control across digital systems.

Spherity
Jun 9, 20206 min read


Identity in a Circular Future — Part 1/2
In our new series Identity in a Circular Future, we explore how decentralized identity can drive the shift to a circular economy by enabling transparency, agility, and new models of open data and governance across IT and global markets.

Carsten Stöcker
May 20, 202010 min read


The Economic Value of Decentralized Identity — Part 3
In the third installment of the Meta-platform series, we move from theory to application—examining how trust-based, decentralized identity systems can reshape the economics of real-world industries. Drawing from Spherity’s own client work and research, this piece explores how cooperative infrastructure and verifiable trust can generate cost savings and unlock new business models across sectors.

Carsten Stöcker
Mar 31, 20209 min read


The Economic Value of Decentralized Identity — Part 2
This follow-up to the first whitepaper in the Meta-platform series continues to rethink traditional IT power dynamics by examining how trust operates in cooperative digital ecosystems. Building on a critique of Metcalfe’s Law and zero-sum platform models, it explores the role of decentralized identity and shared infrastructure in enabling sustainable, trust-based meta-platforms beyond the limits of aggregation.

Carsten Stöcker
Mar 11, 20209 min read
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