Roll up your sleeves: From policy to practice with digital product passports for circular value chains

Join us for this accelerator session organised in the framework of the World Circular Economy Forum in Gandhinagar, India.

This 3-hour accelerator session will help businesses, business support organisations and public authorities turn digital product passport (DPP) requirements into practical capabilities for ecodesign, circularity and resilient supply-chain collaboration. It will connect the EU regulatory trajectory with the realities of Indian MSMEs and other Global South suppliers, showing how structured product data can support decisions on materials, durability, repairability, environmental performance and circular business models.

The programme follows a three-step approach, from policy context to implementation and participant readiness. It will introduce the evolving EU circular economy and DPP landscape, drawing on policy perspectives and experience with the EU Delegation in India; showcase a decentralised, data-sovereign DPP approach; and conclude with a hands-on workshop to identify data needs, stakeholder roles, governance requirements and practical next steps for implementation.

The session is organised by Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund; Enabel, the Belgian Development Agency; inèdit and Re-Generous Unlimited in the framework of the EU Circular Economy Resource Centre project and by Circulearth; the International Council for Circular Economy; Active-Sites Consulting; the Centre for Responsible Business; and the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy.

This session is an accelerator session at the World Circular Economy Forum 2026 www.wcef2026.com. WCEF2026 will gather forward-looking thinkers and doers and present the gamechangers in the circular economy. The forum will be held from 15 to 18 September 2026 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

DRAFT PROGRAMME
17 September 2026, 09:00 - 12:00
Gandhinaghar, India at Radisson Hotel Gift Club

• Evolving EU policy: drivers for data in circular economy 
• 09:00-09:10      Opening remarks 
• 09:10-09:25      Keynote address: Evolving EU circular economy and ecodesign policy
• 09:25-09:40      Navigating the EU ESPR: Impact and readiness for Indian markets
• 09:40-09:50      Participant activation exercise
• 09:50-10:20      Panel discussion: Designing a systemic shift through sustainability data utilising EU policy as a lever to create local value
• 10:20-10:30      Policy session closure + Q&A
• 10:30-10:45      Coffee break Towards practice: Workshop on readiness for digital product passports 
• 10:45- 10:55     Workshop introduction and toolkits for BSOs and MSMEs 
• 10:55- 11:40     Breakout session: Digital Product Passport Readiness
• 11:40- 11:50     Synthesis and next steps
• 11:50- 12:00     Closing remarks
• 12:00-12:30      Networking and voluntary speed diagnostic clinics 

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