28.01.2026
Discover how the Digital Product Passport (DPP) is transforming the sports and outdoor industry - practical, clear, and directly applicable. In this compact training, you will learn how the DPP helps build a genuine circular economy in the textile sector and enables your customers to make sustainable purchasing decisions. Knowing how the DPP works today gives you a clear advantage tomorrow: for advice, purchasing, repair services, product design, sustainability communication, product range planning, and recycling.
Date: Wednesday, 28. January 2026
Time: 9:00 - 12:00
Venue: Online via MS-Teams
Links: Registration / Project Aster
The Digital Product Passport (DPP) makes textile products fully transparent for the first time. It consolidates standardised information throughout the entire product life cycle, supporting extended use, repair, sorting, and high-quality recycling. Consumers and businesses gain quick access to relevant data via QR code or digital interfaces.
The DPP is part of the European ‘Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)’ and will become mandatory once the legal framework is published (expected late 2026 to early 2027). After a transition period, brands, manufacturers, and importers must provide a DPP for all textiles and footwear placed on the EU market.
Implementation requires transparent supply chains and reliable data. As this takes time, an early start is recommended. This training provides you with the basics of the DPP, explains regulatory requirements, and demonstrates through initial practical experiences how companies are already approaching implementation.
The webinar is co-financed by the EU through the Interreg Alpine Space project ASTER and can therefore be offered to you free of charge.
Program
Digital Product Passport (DPP) - What is it
Andreas Herbst, Plattform Industrie 4.0: Project PASSAT, Austria
DPP from a scientific perspective and based on initial use cases in the PASSAT project
Viola Gallina, Fraunhofer Austria
How to implement the DPP in practice – Practical workshop from the textile industry
Daniele Jardim Seiffert and Roman Houlbreque, Retraced
Open Discussions
Event Information
Costs
Participation is free of charge; prior registration is required.
Language
The webinar will be held in English.
Target Group
Manufacturers and brand owners of outdoor clothing and footwear, sports retailers, (senior) employees in sports retail responsible for digitalisation, supply chains, and sustainability, service providers for rental, repair, and reuse, collectors and recyclers, as well as interested stakeholders from alpine outdoor sports, digitalisation, and the circular and waste management sectors.
Registration
Participation is possible following online registration.