Digital Product Passport software for fashion brands

Every garment sold in the EU will need a Digital Product Passport, and brands are already being offered software for it. The useful question is where the passport's data comes from. This page covers what DPP software for fashion should do, what to check and how Tr3e handles it.

#What a passport needs

A Digital Product Passport is a public page about one product, reached through a QR code on the label. For clothing the Commission expects it to cover:

• Fibre composition
• Care, use and repair information
• Reuse, resale, disassembly and recycling information
• Origin information and the economic operators involved
• Compliance and traceability documents

The textile rules are still being written. The European Commission gives the end of 2027 as the indicative date for adopting them, and the detailed requirements come with that act. The EU Digital Product Passport guide covers the dates and what is decided so far.

#Where the data comes from

Most of what a passport shows is data the brand already handles while developing the product: the materials and their composition, the trims, how and where the garment is made, and the certificates behind them. The risk with a separate DPP tool is typing all of it a second time, and keeping two copies in step every season.

So the first thing to check is whether the passport is built from your product data, or filled in by hand next to it.

#What to look for

• Passports built from the product. Materials, components, manufacturing and certificates come from the product itself.
• Per variant. A black and an undyed version can be made of different materials, so each colour needs its own passport.
• Composition that adds up. The tool should check that a material's parts add up to 100%.
• Certificates linked to materials. GOTS or OEKO-TEX attached to the materials and components they cover.
• Preview before publishing, and a public page with no prices on it.
• Sharing. A stable link and a QR code you can download for the label.

#How Tr3e does it

In Tr3e you publish a Digital Product Passport for any variant from the Digital Product Passport menu in its header. The passport shows the variant's materials with their composition, its components, how it is manufactured and the certificates that cover it. It never shows prices.

Materials, components, suppliers and certificates sit in the Library, so they are entered once and reused in every product. Choose Preview to check a passport, then Publish. Once it is live you can copy the link or download the QR code. Suppliers are free in Tr3e and see only their own styles and orders.

Because the passport comes from the same product that holds the cost, the plan and the purchase order, it stays up to date as the product changes. The steps are in Digital Product Passports.

#Questions

When does my clothing brand need a Digital Product Passport? The date comes with the EU's textile delegated act, which the Commission expects to adopt around the end of 2027. Brands that keep their material and supplier data in order now will have little left to do.

Does a small brand need a DPP? The duty sits with whoever places the garment on the EU market. Whether smaller brands get lighter rules or more time will be set in the textile act. Micro and small companies are already exempt from the separate ban on destroying unsold clothing.

What does Tr3e cost for passports? Passports are part of Tr3e: €40 per user per month, with viewers and suppliers free and the first month free.

#Next

• Digital Product Passports in Tr3e
• EU Digital Product Passport for clothing: dates and data
• Materials, suppliers and certificates
• Fashion PLM software compared