As the environmental impacts of products like electronics and textiles intensify—through growing waste streams, hazardous substances, and complex global supply chains—Digital Product Information Systems (DPIS), including digital product passports and traceability platforms, have emerged as powerful tools to enable circularity, enhance chemicals transparency, and support informed environmental decision-making. This session builds on the ongoing collaboration under the Impact Initiative on Digitalization for a Circular Economy, led by the One Planet Network in partnership with ITU, UNIDO, the Wuppertal Institute, and WBCSD, to advance a global Digital Product Information Systems (DPIS) framework applicable across sectors, including ICT and textiles.

The event will showcase key building blocks of such a framework, including ITU’s existing technical standards, guidelines for data categories (e.g. critical materials, chemical content, reparability), and the role of interoperability and policy integration. It will also present real-world examples of DPIS pilots in both the electronics and textile sectors, highlighting how digital tools support Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), sustainable waste management, and value chain transparency.

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This session will:

• Build consensus on data category to ensure DPIS meet ambitious sustainability target.
• Promote cooperation among countries to enhance interoperability.​
• Contribute to UNEA-7 discussions on digital sustainability, lifecycle accountability, and environmentally sound management of chemicals and waste.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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