Digital Product Passports for steel and aluminium

Iron, steel and aluminium are priority intermediate products under the ESPR work programme.

Data manufacturers should organize Useful foundations include product form and grade, applicable standards, recycled or scrap content, production route, facility identity, batch or heat references, carbon data and material certificates such as EN 10204 documentation.

Relationship with CBAM Steel and aluminium exporters already collect emissions information for the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Although CBAM and DPP are different regimes, controlled facility and emissions datasets can reduce duplicate work.

Existing industry documentation helps Metal producers already use mill test certificates and heat/batch traceability. DPP workflows can connect these established records to persistent digital identities and buyer-ready exports.

Final mandatory fields and dates depend on product-specific rules, so preparation should focus on reliable source data rather than speculative claims.