Before you launch a Digital Product Passport, you need trusted product data.
Fabacus turns fragmented product information into a Compliant Catalogue, a validated, maintained and reusable record that powers DPPs.
Your DPP becomes the first output of that record, not a one-off page. From there, the same data supports compliance, authentication, customer engagement and new commercial opportunities.
THE DPP REALITY
A Digital Product Passport is not just a QR code.
The proof behind a passport depends on product data, and for most organisations, that data is not in one place. It sits across ERP systems, PLM tools, PIM platforms, supplier files, spreadsheets and compliance teams, with retailer requirements arriving in yet another format.
When a regulator, retailer or customer asks for evidence, teams gather it from each of these sources by hand. The response is slow, the data is inconsistent, and because the underlying information was never built to be reused, the next request starts the same process again.
THE FABACUS ANSWER
Through the Compliant Catalogue, Fabacus structures product, supplier, compliance and sustainability data into a single governed record. It holds what passports and compliance workflows depend on: product identity, supplier details, market and language data, identifiers, compliance documents, sustainability evidence, care and repair guidance, warranty information, authentication data and recycling instructions.
For licensed products, it also connects the product to the relevant licensor, brand, franchise or character.
The exact data model varies by product category and regulation. What stays constant is the record itself, and what it can support.
COMPLIANT CATALOGUE
The Compliant Catalogue gives organisations a product data foundation that supports current and emerging compliance requirements. Instead of maintaining separate datasets for each regulation, Fabacus enables teams to manage product information once and reuse it wherever proof is needed.
The same structured record can support regulations such as:
As regulations evolve, your product data can evolve without your technology stack having to.
WHAT IT POWERS
Digital Product Passports are the most visible output, consumer-facing pages and experiences linked to QR codes or NFC tags, populated from validated data. The same record also supports compliance evidence, retail and marketplace submissions, customer transparency experiences and circularity programmes.
WHY FABACUS
Rather than creating one-off passport pages, Fabacus creates extensible product records that can remain useful as regulatory requirements, market coverage and retailer needs evolve.
Fabacus is built for organisations managing complex products, multiple suppliers and cross-border compliance. With extensive experience supporting global brands, retailers and licensors, we understand how to organise complex product information across fragmented systems, suppliers and regulatory requirements.
The technology provides the structure, but the work does not stop there. Fabacus specialists help organisations understand what data is required, where it exists and how it should be governed.
Where specialist data is required, such as product carbon footprints, lifecycle assessments or supply chain mapping, Fabacus works with trusted partners and connects their expertise back into the same governed record. Customers get the right specialist input without creating another disconnected dataset.
IP Verified Credentials connect authorised products with the relevant brand, licensor, franchise or character.
The same record supports regulatory evidence, retail submissions, consumer engagement, authentication and circular services.
HOW WE WORK
Assess data gaps and compliance readiness.
Build your governed Compliant Catalogue and connect existing systems to automate data collection.
Validate product information for accuracy, completeness and trust.
Deploy QR codes and Digital Product Passports, then scale across products, suppliers, brands and markets.
Fabacus supported Nobody’s Child with their first DPP-enabled customer engagement campaign. Customers were invited to unlock gifts and experiences through the product passport journey, creating a direct interaction between the product, the customer and the brand.
Tesco F&F DPP pilot
Fabacus collaborated with Tesco on a Digital Product Passport pilot across its F&F clothing range, supporting greater transparency and helping customers access product-level information more easily.
“At Tesco, we’re committed to sustainability and strive to make a positive impact on our planet. DPPs represent an important step forward, encouraging and promoting sustainable and circular practices and we’re pleased to be leading the way with this pilot, collaborating with Fabacus on our F&F clothing range.”
Head of Technical
Tesco
LICENSED PRODUCT CAPABILITY
For licensed goods, a passport also needs to show whether the product is connected to the right IP.
Fabacus combines Digital Product Passports, governed product data and IP Verified Credentials within the Compliant Catalogue, supporting verification that a licensed product is authorised and approved. That creates a stronger basis for authorised product evidence, brand protection, retailer confidence and authenticated digital experiences.
This is where Fabacus is especially distinctive, by bringing our licensing and product-record heritage into the Digital Product Passport space.
WHY START NOW
Delegated acts under the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation are scheduled to land for the first priority categories, textiles, furniture, mattresses, tyres, steel and aluminium, between 2026 and 2029. Whichever category a business sits in, the data behind the passport must exist before the requirement does.
Organisations building their product data foundation now will respond faster when requirements expand, with clearer evidence for audits and less manual work to meet customer transparency expectations. Organisations that wait will still have to build the same foundation, just against a deadline instead of ahead of it.
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