Digital Product Passport Standard Shaped by Covestro Redefines Supply Chain Compliance for 2027
What is the Digital Product Passport, and how does the 2027 EU mandate affect your industrial supply chain?
The digital product passport is coming to the EU – and we are ready. From 2027 onwards, more and more products will need a digital product passport by law, making eu dpp 2027 requirements a reality for many industrial supply chain.
Companies are increasingly asking: what data do I need, in which format, and by when? Covestro has been actively shaping the new industry standard from the start – so you do not have to figure this out alone. We have the answers, and we are here to help you get ready as a more sustainable material supplier.
Navigating the legal framework for "more sustainable" industrial materials
Procurement teams and product managers across industries are already requesting carbon footprint data, recycling content and material declarations from their chemical suppliers. Together with the chemical industry, Covestro has helped define exactly these as the new cross-industry data standard for material passports and carbon footprint reporting. So we are ready to support you as soon as your digital product passport gets mandatory.
As chemical Industry, being at the start of many value chains, we have an opportunity and an obligation to shape how such data is provided and communicated.
How can the Chem-X standard simplify your supply chain data management and keep your costs manageable?
Transitioning from fragmented data to one open, shared industry standard. The biggest cost risk is not the Digital Product Passport itself. It is having to manage a different interoperable data format for every single supplier. That is exactly the problem the chemical industry has come together to solve through material data exchange.
Covestro is an active partner in Chem-X: a publicly funded consortium project supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) as part of the Manufacturing-X program. Chem-X brings together 10 funded and 5 associated partners from the chemical industry and related sectors to build one open, shared standard for supplier data integration across the chemical supply chain. No proprietary systems. No extra complexity. Just a smarter, more efficient way to achieve transparent procurement and competitive material sourcing.
Why choose Covestro as your expert partner for industry-shaped DPP standards?
Covestro has been actively shaping the industry standard since December 2024 – alongside 15 Chem-X partners, not just waiting to comply. In January 2026, the first version of the Chem-X standards was officially published, marking a milestone for circular economy materials and industrial decarbonization across the chemical sector.
You are not starting from scratch. You are building on a foundation that is already tested, industry-shaped through an EU funded project and aligned across the chemical industry via the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative . Your path to eu dpp 2027 requirements starts with us! Talk to our experts.
As a strong alliance of chemical and technology companies we`re helping customers to get the digital material passports and digital product passport they need.
Key benefits
- DPP-ready: Receive PCF, recycled content and material declaration in one standardized, interoperable format.
- Cost-efficient: One open standard for all chemical suppliers – no proprietary solutions, no vendor lock-in, no extra cost.
- Compliant: Designed to meet- EU sustainability product reporting requirements.
- Competitive: Suppliers with standardized DPP data have an additional advantage to potentially win tenders. Stay ahead of customers already requesting PCF data today.
- Expert-guided: Get hands-on support from the team that helped build the industry standard.
