Pilot Report — Ownership in the Textile Ecosystem
An analysis of how ownership, responsibilities, digital infrastructures, and governance are distributed among stakeholders in the textile ecosystem — and what this means for the practical implementation of Digital Product Passports.
Pilot Report of Ownership in the Textile Ecosystem
The textile sector is undergoing a structural transformation driven by sustainability challenges, regulatory pressure, and growing demand for supply chain transparency. This pilot report examines how ownership of Digital Product Passport responsibilities is currently distributed across the textile value chain — and what is needed for implementation to work in practice.
Drawing on stakeholder interviews and collaborative discussions held within the M-DPP Industry Living Lab, the report maps how responsibilities, digital infrastructures, and trust mechanisms are organised among the actors involved. It identifies five key challenges: limited availability of structured product data, fragmented digital infrastructures across supply chains, administrative burden concerns especially for SMEs, regulatory uncertainty, and open questions around data governance and confidentiality.
At the same time, the report documents significant opportunities: improved supply-chain transparency, stronger circular economy practices, better material recovery processes, and new forms of interaction between producers, consumers, and regulators. The report concludes that successful DPP implementation requires solutions that combine technical reliability, governance frameworks, stakeholder collaboration, and practical usability.
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