The Digital Product Passport can feel like a wall of regulation. It's easier when you break it into a few concrete actions. None of these require a big budget, and you can start most of them this week.
1. Find out when your product is covered
The rules arrive category by category. Textiles is expected around 2027; furniture, electronics and others follow. Knowing your date tells you how much runway you have — and it's usually sooner than people expect.
2. Gather what you already know
Pull together the basics for each product: materials, country of origin, and your main suppliers. It doesn't need to be a fancy system — one document or a shared folder is a fine start. The aim is simply to have it in one place.
3. List your certifications
Note every scheme you hold — GOTS, OEKO-TEX, GRS and so on — with the certificate number, the expiry date, and whether you or a supplier holds it. These add real credibility to a passport, but only if the paperwork is to hand.
4. Get a product identifier
Passports are built around a unique product identifier, usually a GS1 GTIN — the number behind a barcode. If you don't already use them, look into getting set up. It's the hook everything else hangs on.
5. Pick a tool that does the work for you
The data you can't produce yourself — carbon, water, energy — is where a platform matters. Choose one that fills those gaps automatically and keeps passports current, rather than one that just gives you an empty form to fill in.
Do the human parts; let software do the technical parts. That split is the whole game.
That's it. Five steps, none of them dramatic. Get the simple things in order, and the hard part — the impact data and the passport itself — is something Luxima can handle for you automatically.