From GOTS, OEKO-TEX and SMETA to a Digital Product Passport
Certificates are not product data (yet)
GOTS, OEKO-TEX and SMETA are excellent evidence - but they certify sites, processes or materials, not each finished product. The Digital Product Passport works at product level: this sweater, this composition, this origin. The gap between the two is exactly the work most manufacturers underestimate.
What carries over directly
- GOTS: organic fibre content and processing evidence map straight into the passport's materials and certifications fields, with your scope certificate reference.
- OEKO-TEX: harmful-substances testing becomes a certification entry with its number and validity.
- SMETA (Sedex): a social-compliance audit, not a product certification - it belongs on the passport labelled as audit evidence.
What is still missing per product
Exact composition percentages per reference, care instructions, manufacturing stages and countries, recycled content, and end-of-life guidance. None of it is hard - but it lives in tech packs, ERP exports and people's heads, and the passport needs it in one place, kept current.
Showing certificates the honest way
On a good passport, each credential appears as a seal with its reference number and validity, linking to what it actually certifies. A certificate proves what it certifies - no more. Overclaiming ("100% sustainable") is exactly what EU green-claims rules penalise; specific, verifiable statements are what buyers trust.
A practical path
1) List your product references. 2) Map which certificates cover which products. 3) Fill the product-level gaps (composition, care, origin stages). 4) Publish each passport with its QR and keep certificate validity dates tracked. We do all four steps for you, in English or Spanish, using the certificates you already hold.
Frequently asked questions
Does GOTS certification alone satisfy the Digital Product Passport?
No. GOTS covers a big part (organic fibre content, processing), but the DPP needs product-level data beyond the certificate: exact composition, care, origin stages and end-of-life information.
How do buyers verify our certificates on the passport?
Each seal shows its reference number and validity and links to the relevant registry where applicable. The passport itself carries a tamper-evident digital signature, so the data shown cannot be altered unnoticed.
What happens when a certificate expires or is renewed?
The passport is a living page: references and validity dates are updated, not reprinted. That is one of its advantages over printed labels.
Can we show SMETA on a product passport?
Yes - labelled as what it is: a social-compliance audit of your site, not a product certification. Mislabelling audits as product certificates is a credibility risk.
Want this done for you?
Send one product (name, composition, certificate references) and we reply with its passport built as a working example. We work in English and Spanish.
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