Is your organization ready for the EU’s Circular Economy revolution?
As the European Union pushes forward with the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), a key innovation will be the introduction of Digital Product Passports (DPPs).
These will fundamentally change how product information - from materials and manufacturing to repairability and disposal - is documented and shared across the value chain.
Whether you're in manufacturing, ICT, textiles, or the circular economy ecosystem, now is the time to understand what compliance means, what data needs to be collected, and how your organisation can turn regulation into opportunity.
In this webinar, we’ll cover:
- The origins and intent of the ESPR and the rationale behind the DPP initiative.
- What the Digital Product Passport is and isn’t.
- Key compliance checkpoints and standards guiding DPP implementation.
- A preview of the supply chain data collection interface.
- Managing compliance as a lifecycle.
- How to get involved in standards development.
Webinar details:
Date: 17 July 2025
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 (BST)
Location: Online
Agenda
10:00–10:05 Intro
Joy Tan, Senior Standards Manager (Digital), BSI
10:05–10:15 The ESPR and its impact
Professor Martin Charter, Director of The Centre for Sustainable Design, University for the Creative Arts
Overview of ESPR goals, priority products, timelines, and supporting policy frameworks.
10:15–10:25 DPP standards landscape in Europe and internationally
Sophie Erskine, Standards Development Manager, BSI
Insight into the role of DPPs in supporting ESPR and other regulations, with a focus on European and international standardisation efforts.
10:25–10:35 Deep dive into DPP standards landscape
Sue Probert, former Chair UN/CEFACT and lead data modeller for transport & logistics, consultant at SEPIAeb Ltd; UK Head of Delegation to ISO/TC 154
Exploration of the alignment between EU and international standards, with emphasis on sector-wide applicability and cross-border trade integration.
10:35–10:55 Sector contextualisation of DPP preparation
Lyn Morgan, Scheme Manager for Construction, Cares Certification
Ava Kenny-Colwell, Compliance & Regulation Manager, UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT)
Sector-specific insights from iron, steel, textiles and clothing, including challenges, preparation levels, and guidance needs.
10:55–11:25 Q&A
All speakers
11:25–11:30 Closing & Calls to Action
Joy Tan, Senior Standards Manager (Digital), BSI
Professor Martin Charter
Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®,
University for the Creative Arts (UCA), UK
Martin has worked at director level on business sustainability issues in consultancy, leisure, publishing, training, events and research for over 30 years. Prior to this he held in a range of management positions in strategy, research and marketing in gardening, building products, trade exhibitions, financial services and consultancy including Save & Prosper Group, Reed International, Creative Marketing Group and Kiveton Park (Holdings) Ltd. Martin was the launch Director of Greenleaf Publishing, Marketing Director at the Earth Centre, former director of regional business networks focused on sustainable business, green electronics and ecoinnovation.
Ava Kenny-Colwell
Compliance & Regulation Manager, UKFT
Compliance & Regulation Manager for UKFT, ensuring businesses are kept updated with their current and proposed global regulatory obligations. Supporting member businesses with navigating complex compliance landscapes worldwide and implementing regulatory obligations.
Joy Tan
Senior Standards Manager (Digital), BSI
She leads a team in the strategic development and implementation of national, European and international standards across Digital technologies. With over a decade of experience in standards and compliance, she plays a critical role in fostering collaboration between industry, government and civil society to develop relevant, progressive standards that align with emerging technologies and policy priorities
Lyn Morgan
Scheme Manager for construction products, CARES
Lyn chairs several CARES Technical Committees to ensure the relevance of the CARES Schemes worldwide. Key stakeholders are invited to each Technical Committee meeting ensuring the Schemes maintain their required performance in line with the ever-growing safety standards and regulations.
Sue Probert
Sue has been closely involved in the development of the UN/CEFACT Buy-Ship-Pay Reference Data Models for over fifteen years. She represents the UK BSI as HoD on the ISO Technical Committee 154 responsible for data element naming and defining for international supply chains and value chains and chairs the BSI IST/47 eBusiness committee in which capacity she coordinates the UK input to the CEN/CENELEC JTC24 Digital Product Passport (DPP) work groups.
Sara Walton
Net Zero & Circularity Sector Lead at BSI
Her work has recently been focussed on supporting the sustainability needs of small and medium sized enterprises, including the publication of a new BSI code of practice Flex 3030 - Net Zero Transition Plans for SMEs. Sara also leads on the circular economy, climate change and adaptation and the impact these have on key sectors. Other notable areas of experience include risk management, resilience, quality management, health & safety and conformity assessment.
Sophie Erskine
Standards Development Manager, Digital, BSI
Sophie manages the BSI E-business committee, and for the last 18 months has been coordinating the UK input into the development of European and International standards on Digital Product Passport.
