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ESPR: DPP Requirements 📄 Under the Ecodesign Sustainability Product Regulation (ESPR), essential product information must be accessible in the local language. Here's how businesses should disseminate this information effectively: - Business strategies for information-sharing must be specified. - DPP, supplemented by product labels, manuals, websites, or apps, should serve as information channels. - When detailing substances of concern, labels or accessible data carriers are required for immediate disclosure. Under the ESPR, a digital product passport must show how the customers can easily access it. It must also be kept updated when any changes occur. To comply with the ESPR, a DPP should include: - Product identification - Performance information More specific information must be included where applicable: 1. Substances of concern - Identification - Usage and handling - Lifecycle tracking 2. Instructions for use, maintenance, and end-of-life treatment 3. Sustainability information - Material composition - Microplastics - Environmental impact 4. Modularity and repairability 5. Recyclability and circularity Find a guide on ESPR here: https://loom.ly/Ro0gaUM

ESPR: Performance Requirements 🌱 ESPR compliance calls for sustainable action. Here's a quick checklist for businesses: 1. Enhance Product Longevity: Use fewer materials and modular components for easier upgrades and refurbishment. 2. Promote Product Recycling: Opt for materials and designs that support recycling efforts. 3. Avoid Unsustainable Designs: Steer clear of design choices that impede product life extension. 4. Avoid Harmful Substances: Shun hazardous substances to reduce environmental and health impacts. 5. Manage Nanoplastics: Vigilantly minimise the release of nanoplastics throughout the product's lifecycle. 6. Use Recycled or Sustainable Materials: Prioritize recycled content and sustainable sourcing to boost circularity. 7. Optimise Product Weight, Volume, and Consumables: Reduce size and the need for consumables to enhance resource efficiency. 8. Minimise Waste: Slash waste production and promote its reuse, including packaging and hazardous materials. 9. Sustainable Product Designs: Craft products that need less material and elevate production efficiency. ♻️ Aim for these critical elements to stay ahead in the circular economy. For a full guide on how to comply with ESPR, check out our newest article in the comments👇

Who and what is affected by the ESPR ❓ 🔹 Companies affected by ESPR All members of the value chain of a company operating in the EU are affected. That includes product manufacturers (including those not based in the EU), importers, distributors, dealers and service providers. EU will continue its partnerships with non-EU countries of production committed to improving product sustainability. 🔺 Exceptions for small and medium sized enterprises in ESPR The European Commission will ensure that SMEs are able to comply. This will be done through supplementing acts and guidelines. EU Member States are also obliged to help these enterprises to determine best practices and useful tools they might need. 🔸 Products affected by ESPR ESPR applies to all products on the EU market, may that be circularing, importing or exporting. There are certain exceptions to the rule regarding food, feed, medicine or medical products and certain vehicles. All other products are to be regulated by the ESPR. The product groups in the first priority batch that need to comply with ESPR are: - Iron and steel - Aluminum - Textiles (garments and footwear particularly) - Furniture - Tyres - Detergents - Paints - Lubricants - Chemicals - Energy related products with ecodesign requirements - Information and communication technology products & other electronics Not sure how to comply? 👉 Reach out to Circularise and our team will guide you through this new regulation.

ESPR: Important dates ✅ ESPR was proposed in March 2022 and became effective on 18 July 2024. Major updates include requirements for Digital Product Passports (DPPs), mandatory green public procurement, and the ban on destroying unsold products. The ESPR working plan is due in April 2025. It sets compliance for selected products by 19 April 2025. The European Commission will refresh the action plan every three years. A delegated act on DPPs for textiles will be published by January 2026 and will take effect in July 2027. By 19 July 2026, the Commission also launches a secure digital registry for DPP identifiers. From 19 July 2026, destroying non-sustainable clothing and related items is prohibited, with smaller businesses given until 19 July 2030 to comply. The initial ESPR efficiency report is slated for 2030, with subsequent reports following every six years. This regulation is already in effect, so time to prepare is now! For more guidance on how to comply with the regulation, check out this article: https://loom.ly/d4NmPfA Below is a detailed timeline of the ESPR 👇

CSRD double materiality assessment in 4 steps 🚀 1. Understand your company's sustainability context Map your value chain, detailing business actions and connections. Identify impacted stakeholders and your engagement strategies. 2. Identify sustainability impacts Develop a comprehensive inventory of sustainability impacts, informed by ESRS 1 and specific company issues. Align this with GRI results. 3. Assess material sustainability topics Set materiality criteria using scientific and stakeholder insights. Score risks, select material topics, and determine necessary ESRS disclosures. 4. Incorporate assessment in reporting Document your assessment approach in reporting. Explain how these elements shape company strategy. Prepare teams for data collection and yearly reporting. The double materiality assessment process is not just a tick box exercise. It’s an invaluable tool to strengthen company reputation, operations, and finances. At its core, it's driven by thorough data management. Find a guide on how Borregaard describes the process they used to conduct their assessment in the comments!

ESPR: Ecodesign requirements The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is part of the EU's Circular Economy Action Plan. It came into force on July 18, 2024, replacing the 2009 Ecodesign Directive. The ESPR focuses on products that impact the environment. It aims to double the EU's material circularity rate. This regulation is a key step towards a circular, sustainable economy. It promotes circularity, energy efficiency, and sustainable business models. The ESPR has clear ecodesign requirements such as: - Durability - Reliability - Reusability - Upgradability - Repairability - The possibility of maintenance and refurbishment - The presence of substances of concern - Energy use and energy efficiency - Water use and water efficiency - Resource use and resource efficiency - Recycled content - The possibility of remanufacturing - Recyclability - The possibility of recovery of materials - Environmental impacts, including carbon footprint and environmental footprint - Expected generation of waste Below you can find key actions for circular and sustainable products 👇 To learn more, check out our newest article. Link in the comments.

My company is ISCC certified and I…. ▪ am getting worried about the costs of ISCC compliance. ▪ don’t know how to stay on top of the changes in the ISCC rules. ▪ keep finding bookkeeping errors in Excel sheets. Do any of these sound familiar to you? In today’s compliance-driven landscape, managing mass balance and ISCC certification can quickly become overwhelming. Join us on the 10th of October for an exclusive webinar designed for executives, managers, and decision-makers in the plastics and chemicals industries to explore the future of mass balancing and ISCC compliance. Discover how automation can transform your bookkeeping process, streamline operations, and keep you ahead of compliance risks. Rushabh Chheda will talk about: 🔸 Current trends and debates in mass balance and how they impact your operations. 🔸 How to stay on top of ISCC EU and ISCC PLUS rules, with MassBalancer automatically adapting to new regulations. 🔸 AI-driven features that can help you generate and read Sustainability Declarations (SD) and Proof of Sustainability (PoS) without manual errors. Secure your spot below!

Double Materiality Assessment: impacts, risks, and opportunities 👇 These are the three core concepts of CSRD's assessment. Impact refers to an impact arising from a sustainability issue, which could be either positive or negative. Companies must also consider risks and opportunities that arise from impacts and quantify their financial effects. In their 2023 reporting, Unilever Group identified a number of impacts, risks, and opportunities related to climate change: ❇️ Impact: climate change would reduce crop output due to prolonged high temperatures and declining soil productivity 📛 Risk: higher raw material prices ⏩ Opportunity: growth in demand for plant-based or lab-grown foods Find a comprehensive graphic on how to determine if the matter is material, and the relationship between impacts, risks, and opportunities below. For more information, check out our newest article in the comments!

Over 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year. Only 9% of it gets recycled. ♻️ Recycling is still a massive challenge due to high costs, poor sorting, and quality degradation. Circularise and PRIMUS Project EU are researching new polymer recycling technologies that allow us to produce new technically and safety compliant recycled materials. These plastics can be used for manufacturing high value products making recycling plastics economically feasible. Increasing the collection and recycling of waste plastics will not only help protecting the environment but will also boost a new emerging industrial economy. Circularise and PRIMUS Project EU are focusing on the digital product passport, which is one of the main tools to solve the plastics recycling problem. A DPP is a blockchain-based tool designed to track the entire lifecycle of the product, ensuring regulatory compliance. It allows companies be more sustainable and helps us save the environment 🏔️ We just released a new video on traceability as part of the project! Check it our below 👇

Value chains account for 90% of CO2 emissions (Scope 3). And we need a way to track this. In our new webinar, Guy Vincent, Program Lead for Amsterdam Circular, will discuss value chain traceability and how to accelerate circular value chains. Amsterdam Circular is a circular chain accelerator (circulator) that provides chain financing services. They offer a methodology that helps participants to form and fund value chains that unlock new value from circular revenue models. Join us on the 24th of September at 3pm CEST to learn about: 👉 Game-changing potential of chain financing. 👉 How to grow revenues through chain partnerships. 👉 How to work with chain agreements and neutral chain coordinators. 👉 Circular value chains and value chain traceability. As a bonus, Guy will introduce a topic of a journey from the Anthropocene towards a Symbiocene era. Uncover the impact of traceability on CO2 emissions. Equip yourself with the knowledge to lead your industry in sustainability and profitability. Discover the 'Circulator' — an engine that drives circularity through value chain partnerships. Don’t miss out, sign up for the webinar below 👇