Exploring the potential for new revenue streams along the Digital Product Passport value chain : unlocking Digital Product Passport added value
Year: 2026
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This thesis investigates whether collected lifecycle data through Digital Product Passports (DPPs) can enable new and recurring revenue streams across the supply and value chain. The study argues that DPPs extend well beyond their primary function as compliance instruments under the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (European Commission, 2022). Drawing on Bocken et al.'s (2016) circular business model, Akerlof's information asymmetry theory (Lofgren et al., 2002), Stakeholder Theory, and the Resource-Based View of the firm to support DPP-enabled transparency creates structural conditions for lifecycle services, secondary market monetization, and data-as-a-service revenue models. A qualitative methodology was used comprised of semi-structured expert interviews and a preliminary consumer questionnaire, complemented by EU regulatory documents, peer-reviewed literature, and pilot project documentation including the CIRPASS consortium (CIRPASS, 2024). Findings demonstrate that LCA integration is a necessary intermediary between DPP data collection and revenue opportunity identification and that interoperability remains the primary structural barrier to realizing DPP commercial potential at scale (Langley et al., 2023). Together, these findings position the DPP’s are not merely a regulatory instrument but as a strategic data infrastructure capable of enabling sustained, circular, and service-based revenue models across the value chain.
Source: Theseus (Ammattikorkeakoulujen)
Author: DiNardi, Dean
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7163477691