Resources
Blog Article
Digital Product Passport for Furniture: What Manufacturers Need to Know Before 2030
Aug 31, 2026
In brief: Furniture ranks second among priority product groups for the Digital Product Passport in the European Commission's first ESPR Working Plan (April 2025), with an indicative timeline of 2028. For furniture manufacturers, retailers, and procurement teams, this means material origin, repairability, and end-of-life information will need to be machine-readable and verifiable.
Digital Product Passport and JTC24: Why Standards Determine Future-Proofing
Aug 30, 2026
Behind every Digital Product Passport sits a foundation that is not yet fully finished: the technical standards currently being developed by CEN/CLC JTC24, the joint committee of CEN and CENELEC. Until these standards are finalized, part of the technical detail behind the DPP remains in flux. Companies that build on open, cross-sector standards now reduce the risk of having to rebuild their systems later.
How the Digital Product Passport Will Transform the Metals Industry: ESPR Compliance and Circularity
Aug 30, 2026
Steel and aluminium are named among the product groups for which future delegated acts under the ESPR are planned, though no fixed timeline exists yet. In parallel, the Critical Raw Materials Act is advancing traceability for raw materials. For the metals industry, these are two complementary regulatory tracks pointing toward the same principle: traceable, verifiable product data across the full lifecycle.
Case studies
EU PPWR: Trusted Packaging Data for DPP Readiness
Oct 26, 2026
Learn how companies placing packaging on the EU market can prepare structured packaging data for PPWR compliance and future DPP requirements.
Digital Product Passport: Build or Buy?
Oct 26, 2026
Understand the real cost of DPP compliance and how to reduce complexity with a dedicated Digital Product Passport platform.
Choosing the Right DPP Granularity
Oct 26, 2026
Explore how the right Digital Product Passport granularity can support compliance, traceability, and circular economy use cases.
Videos
How to set up your European Business Wallet (EBW)
In this video, we guide you step by step through how to set up your European Business Wallet (EBW).
KYS Process - European Business Wallet
In this video, we explain the KYS (Know Your Supplier) process and how it works with the European Business Wallet.
How to Create a Digital Product Passport in Vera Studio | Explained by Spherity
In this final part of our Vera Studio video series, we demonstrate how to create a Digital Product Passport (DPP) specifically, a battery passport, using VERA’s intuitive, compliance-ready platform.
Podcasts
Product Passport Pioneers - #13 with Anh Dao, Management & Data Strategy Consultant
Anh Dao, consultant, and CIRPASS project member, shares how digital product passports affect SMEs and offers key strategies for navigating the transition.
Product Passport Pioneers - #12 with Nancy Norris, BC Government
Nancy Norris from the British Columbia Government discusses how the EMDT project helps mines digitally prove ESG compliance and boost global market trust.
Webinars
Webinar Recording (1/4): eIDAS 2.0 – Regulatory Momentum for the EUDI Business Wallet
Webinar recording on eIDAS 2.0 covering regulatory developments, business cases, and use cases for EUDI Business Wallets. Webinar held in German.
Webinar Recording (2/4): eIDAS 2.0 – Technical Implementation and Security of the European Business Wallet
Watch the webinar recording by Spherity and PwC Germany on the technical implementation of the European Business Wallet under eIDAS 2.0. Explore partner onboarding, Security by Design, Zero Trust models, and flexible cloud/on-premise deployment options.
Webinar Recording (3/4): Know Your Customer (KYC) under eIDAS 2.0 – Driving Efficiencies with the EUDI Wallet
With the introduction of eIDAS 2.0, a new European identity ecosystem is emerging that will fundamentally transform core business processes such as identity verification. Together with PwC Germany, Spherity is exploring the path from new regulation, including AML requirements, to practical enterprise implementation in a four-part webcast series.