Digital Product Passport (DPP)+
A standardised digital record linked to a physical product via a QR code on the care label, containing mandatory sustainability, compliance, and material data required by ESPR 2024/1781. Accessible to consumers, buyers, recyclers, and regulators.
ESPR — Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation+
EU Regulation 2024/1781, in force July 18, 2024. The primary legal instrument mandating DPPs for products placed on the EU market, including textiles and garments exported from Bangladesh.
Delegated Act+
A secondary EU legal instrument adopted by the Commission under ESPR authority, setting product-specific DPP data fields, formats, and timelines. The Textile Delegated Act is expected late 2026 / early 2027.
Unique Product Identifier (UPID)+
A persistent, globally unique identifier for each product model — typically a serialised GTIN per GS1 standard. One of four mandatory ESPR Article 10(2) identifiers, auto-generated by DPP Bangladesh.
Economic Operator+
Any person placing products on the EU market — manufacturer, importer, distributor, or authorised representative. All have specific DPP obligations under ESPR 2024/1781, regardless of where they are located.
DPP Service Provider (Art. 2(32))+
An entity that creates, hosts, manages, and submits DPPs on behalf of economic operators under ESPR Article 2(32). DPP Bangladesh is a certified Article 2(32) service provider for Bangladesh garment factories.
GS1 Digital Link+
International standard (ISO/IEC 15459) encoding a GTIN into a URL-based QR code. Required by ESPR for open, interoperable DPP data carriers. Format: https://dppbangladesh.com/01/{GTIN}/dpp
Data Carrier+
The physical mechanism providing access to the DPP — the QR code on the permanent care label. ESPR Article 9(2)(b) requires it to be on the product itself, not just packaging or a detachable hangtag.
SVHC — Substance of Very High Concern+
A chemical on the ECHA Candidate List under REACH Regulation. If present above 0.1% w/w, it must be declared in the DPP. Includes certain disperse dyes commonly used in Bangladesh garment dyeing.
Traceability+
The ability to track material origin and journey through the supply chain. ESPR requires garment DPPs to include traceability data from fibre origin through yarn spinning, fabric weaving, dyeing, and final assembly.
JSON-LD (Linked Data)+
A lightweight structured format for DPP information — machine-readable, searchable, interoperable. ESPR requires open standards. JSON-LD using GS1 vocabulary (gs1.org/voc/) is the primary compliant DPP data format.
REACH (Regulation EC 1907/2006)+
EU chemical safety regulation. Article 33 imposes the SVHC declaration duty referenced by ESPR. Importers must communicate SVHC presence above 0.1% w/w along the supply chain — DPP makes this declaration permanent and consumer-accessible.
ECHA — European Chemicals Agency+
EU agency in Helsinki maintaining the official SVHC Candidate List (currently 240+ substances). DPP Bangladesh syncs the ECHA list weekly via their public API and auto-flags matches in your bills of material.
CAS Number+
Chemical Abstracts Service registry number — a unique numerical identifier (e.g. 7647-14-5 for sodium chloride) used to declare each substance precisely. ESPR requires CAS-based chemical declarations for SVHC and any restricted substances.
EOID — Economic Operator Identifier+
A unique business identifier assigned to each economic operator for the EU DPP Registry. Issuance method is being finalised — likely combining EU EORI (for EU-established operators) and a GS1-issued code (for non-EU manufacturers like Bangladesh factories). DPP Bangladesh handles registration on your behalf.
EU Central DPP Registry+
A European Commission-operated registry, launching 19 July 2026, storing the unique identifiers of every DPP. The source of truth for customs, market surveillance, and recyclers. Each DPP is registered there even when data is hosted by a private DPP Service Provider like DPP Bangladesh.
GTIN-13 — Global Trade Item Number+
A 13-digit GS1 product identifier (e.g. 8901234567890) printed on the barcode of every retail garment. Validated using the GS1 Mod-10 check digit algorithm. ESPR requires GTIN as the basis of the UPID for textiles.
Higg Index (MSI / FEM / FSLM)+
Voluntary sustainability assessment framework by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. MSI = Materials Sustainability Index, FEM = Facility Environmental Module, FSLM = Facility Social & Labor. Higg data integrates directly into DPP carbon footprint and social compliance fields.
PCF — Product Carbon Footprint+
Total greenhouse gas emissions across a product's lifecycle, expressed in kgCO₂eq. ESPR mandates PCF disclosure in textile DPPs. Calculated per ISO 14067:2018 using emission factors from sources like Higg MSI v3.7, Ecoinvent v3.9, and IPCC AR6 GWP100. Bangladesh grid factor: 0.61 kgCO₂/kWh (BPDB 2024).
GOTS — Global Organic Textile Standard+
Independent certification covering organic fibre content, environmental processing, and social criteria. Bangladesh has 2,000+ GOTS-certified processors. GOTS certificates can be embedded directly in your DPP as JSON-LD claims with verifiable issuance details.
OEKO-TEX Standard 100+
Independent certification for textile products free of harmful substances. Tests for over 350 chemicals including those on the SVHC list. Certificate IDs (e.g. 21.HBD.85042) link from DPP fields directly to the OEKO-TEX verification portal.
GRS — Global Recycled Standard+
Textile Exchange certification verifying recycled content (≥20% recycled material), traceability, and chain-of-custody. ESPR's circular economy provisions favour high recycled content; GRS-certified content can be highlighted in DPPs to meet upcoming minimum thresholds.
BSCI — Business Social Compliance Initiative+
amfori-administered audit program for social conditions in supplier factories. Widely used by EU brands (H&M, C&A, Bestseller). BSCI ratings and audit dates can be referenced in DPP social compliance fields.
RMG — Ready-Made Garments+
Bangladesh's largest export sector. Contributes ~84% of national export earnings and employs 4 million+ workers. Approximately 4,500 factories serve the EU market — all directly within ESPR scope.
BGMEA / BKMEA / BTMA+
Bangladesh garment trade associations. BGMEA — Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. BKMEA — Knitwear specialists. BTMA — Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (upstream spinning/weaving). DPP Bangladesh maintains partnership programs with all three for member discounts.
DPDPA 2023 — Bangladesh Data Protection Act+
Bangladesh's domestic data protection law (passed 2023, in force 2024). Applies to factory user accounts on the DPP Bangladesh platform alongside EU GDPR. Requires consent, purpose limitation, breach notification, and a domestic Data Protection Officer.
SHA-256 / Cryptographic Hash+
256-bit hash algorithm (NIST FIPS 180-4) producing a fixed 64-character hex fingerprint of any data. Each published DPP version's canonical JSON is SHA-256-hashed and the hash stored immutably — making any post-publish tampering instantly detectable. Optional anchoring on a public blockchain (Polygon/Base) on premium tiers.
CSRD — Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive+
EU Directive 2022/2464 requiring large companies to disclose sustainability impact. Complementary to ESPR — CSRD is company-level reporting, ESPR/DPP is product-level. EU buyers' CSRD reports increasingly cite supplier DPP data, reinforcing why DPP readiness wins orders.