The Digital Battery Passport (DPP) panel will discuss practical applications, challenges, and economic benefits with respect to effective recycling, required supply chain transparency, and how this will be supporting the shift to a circular economy.

The panel’s focus is on:

• recycling efficiency: how the DPP supports material identification, safe handling, and preparation for EU regulations (e.g. extended producer responsibility), with a focus on practical examples, challenges and successful use cases from leading industries
• collaboration challenges: industry inertia, supply chain complexity, and data silos remain obstacles throughout any value chain. How can integrated value chains rather than isolated solutions be implemented, and what is the next level of collaboration based on interoperability?  How can market participants support "make vs. buy" decisions and foster infrastructure development?
• business cases & economics: justifying DPP investments through cost savings, risk mitigation, and new business models. How to detect and avoid hidden costs like data preparation and system fragmentation?
• future applications: potential for the DPP to enable CO₂ transparency, real-time data, and high-value recycling streams. How this will support the OEM strategies, including their value chain?