Spherity Podcast

“What is the real promise of the digital product passport?” Tune in to this episode to find out the answer from Tilmann Vahle. In this episode Tilmann is introducing the company Systemiq and their work as consortium leader of the research project “Battery Pass”, funded by the Germany Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action.  He introduced all consortium members and what will be their role in the project.

Tilmann talks about the goals of the Battery Pass project and how it will relate to already existing initiatives, such as the Global Battery Alliance and work within #Cartena-X. He introduced all consortium members which are acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften | AUDI AG | BASF | BMW Group | Circulor | FIWARE | Fraunhofer IPK | SYSTEMIQ Ltd. | TWAICE | Umicore | VDE Renewables GmbH (through subcontracting) | Global Battery Alliance, GS1 | RWE Generation and what their role in the project will be.

Tune in to understand how the automotive industry is involved in building the #BatteryPass to comply with the new EU Battery Regulation but also what their business confidentiality requirements are. Tilmann also explains how the new EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation impacts the work of the consortium. It is discussed what the #battery_pass has to do with Gaia-x, decentralised identities, and how a solution can be made available to thousands of actors in the value chain.

As an associated partner to the consortium, Spherity will support the group in achieving project success!  Please share the podcast and give it a thumbs up!

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In this episode, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski, Chief Innovation & Solution Officer at Spherity, talks to Ilias Iakovidis, Adviser of the European Commission, DG Connect, who has worked on the definition of the digital product passport in both legislations, the new Battery Regulation and the Proposal for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation.

Mr. Iakovidis provides background information about the various upcoming EU Circular Economy legislations, how these legislations are interrelated, and the role of the European Commission supporting their implementation. The interview clarifies that the digital product passport will be mandated for many product categories to reach the Green Deal starting from batteries, textiles, and buildings.

The podcast also covers what the European Commission expects from the industry to make the product passport a success, the biggest obstacles during its implementation, and what the DPP can accomplish in the next five to ten years. 

Mr. Iakovidis emphasizes that the European Commission is aiming at a decentralised product passport solution that allows for business confidentiality, data sovereignty, and data verifiability.

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Welcome to the first episode of Product Passport Pioneers, a Spherity podcast season with interviews of people that have influenced the legislation of the digital product passport or have an impact on its success. Various aspects of the digital product passport will be discussed, such as its environmental and business impact, its history, and the DPPs future that our experts forecast.

In this episode, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski, Chief Innovation & Solution Officer at Spherity, is joined by Dr. Torsten Freund, Head of Project Management “Battery Passport” at Global Battery Alliance (GBA), who leads the GBA program to develop first prototypes of the GBA Battery Passport for Vehicle Batteries.

Starting with a short introduction of the GBA and its goals, Dr. Torsten Freund explains the challenges of building a digital product passport and its importance for reaching the circular economy for batteries.

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