Research on a SaaS (Software as a Service)-based Digital Product Passport System Model for the EV Battery Industry Value Chain

Abstract

A notion for a policy tool that is particularly supported in policy circles to support the circular economy is the digital product passport (DPP). To lay the groundwork for more circular products, the basic design of a DPP should primarily comprise product-related data gathered by manufacturers. This study aimed to look into the design options for a DPP system and how these options for a DPP system and how these options could help players in the EV battery market given the absence of scientific debate surrounding DPP. With a focus on the role of stakeholders, it does so while introducing the idea of DPP and outlining the current system of legal and voluntary product information instruments. These preliminary results are incorporated into an examination of the possible advantages of DPPs that is actor centered. Through desk research and stakeholder workshops, data is produced. We discovered a significant need for more research, in particular, by examining the function of the DPP system for various actors. These issues include how to reduce red tape and increase incentives for manufacturers to provide specific information, how pertinent data can be compiled, what data collection tools (such as databases), and to which stakeholder groups these data are made available. To give DPPs better policy direction, other researchers might be able to fill the research gaps identified in this work.