Related Standards and Initiatives
Please note that this specification is suitable for pre-production pilot implementations.
Informative
Overview
UNTP builds upon existing work rather than re-inventing standards, maximising interoperability with similar initiatives. This page catalogues the standards, regulations, inter-governmental instruments, and industry initiatives that UNTP relates to — and is an initial assessment by the UNTP community that describes the nature of each relationship.
| Category | UNTP Strategy |
|---|---|
| Standards | Re-use rather than re-invent. UNTP builds upon existing standards wherever possible, normatively referencing or profiling established specifications to maximise interoperability and minimise duplication. |
| Regulations | Provide the lowest-cost, highest-integrity, and most scalable implementation instrument. UNTP credentials and the transparency graph give regulators and regulated entities a ready-made digital infrastructure for compliance. |
| UN and IGO Instruments | Map to the outcomes they target so that UNTP becomes the preferred tool for concrete implementation and national capability building. |
| Industry Initiatives | Partner so that industry sustainability and resilience goals are most easily met through UNTP community activation, reducing the cost and complexity of initiative-specific tooling. |
Summary
Standards
Re-use rather than re-invent. UNTP builds upon existing standards wherever possible, normatively referencing or profiling established specifications to maximise interoperability and minimise duplication.
| Reference | Authority | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| W3C VCDM | W3C | UNTP requires all credentials be issued as W3C VCs (v2.0 JSON-LD compacted form). |
| W3C DID | W3C | UNTP requires W3C DIDs as issuer identifiers for all credentials. |
| W3C JSON-LD | W3C | UNTP uses JSON-LD syntax for all credential data representation. |
| IETF JOSE | IETF | UNTP mandates JOSE enveloping proof for VC integrity. |
| IETF SD-JWT | IETF | UNTP does not preclude SD-JWT but uses variant-based disclosure as the primary mechanism. |
| IETF GLUEID | IETF | UNTP notes GLUE identifiers as an informative option for recording legacy business identifiers as URIs. |
| IETF SCITT | IETF | UNTP notes SCITT transparency services as an optional, complementary integrity layer; deeper integration is a roadmap item. |
| ISO/IEC 15459 | ISO/IEC | UNTP leverages the 15459 series for globally unique identifier encoding in data carriers. |
| ISO/IEC 18975 | ISO/IEC | UNTP Identity Resolver implements ISO 18975 for structured identifier resolution. |
| ISO 59040 | ISO | UNTP DPP provides a digital mechanism to convey ISO 59040 circularity criteria. |
| IFRS S1/S2 | IFRS Foundation | UNTP performance metrics taxonomy enables roll-up to IFRS sustainability disclosures. |
| GRI Standards | GRI | UNTP metrics map to GRI indicator categories for enterprise reporting. |
| GHG Protocol | WRI / WBCSD | UNTP emissions metrics directly aligned with GHG Protocol scopes 1–3. |
| ISO 17000 | ISO/CASCO | UNTP DCC conformity assessment vocabulary directly implements ISO 17000 terminology. |
| ISO 17011 | ISO/CASCO | UNTP DCC trust hierarchy implements the ISO 17011 accreditation model. |
| ISO 19987 | ISO/IEC | UNTP DTE is a conformant, simplified profile of ISO 19987 traceability events. |
| CEN/CENELEC JTC24 | CEN/CENELEC | UNTP and the European Norms (EN) for the EU DPP system are highly interoperable; CIRPASS-2 alignment review confirms this high level of interoperability. |
| DIN DKE SPEC 99100 | DIN/DKE | UNTP DPP maps all 94 battery passport data attributes defined by this specification. |
| ITU-T DPP for ICT Goods | ITU-T | ITU-T L.1071 publishes a DPP information model for ICT goods with a mapping to UNTP DPP; adjacent work items align with UNTP DTE/DFR/DCC and reference UNECE Recommendation 49 in the Y.DPP-trust framework. |
| ISO 22000 | ISO | UNTP DCC conformity topics for food safety and quality align with ISO 22000 management-system criteria; UNTP DCCs would be a possible carrier for certification claims. |
| ICC International Building Code | International Code Council | UNTP DPPs are capable of carrying compliance claims against IBC-referenced requirements. |
| UN/CEFACT DPP BRS + ISO 25534-1 | UN/CEFACT + ISO | UNTP is architecturally aligned with the UN/CEFACT Digital Product Passport Business Requirements Specification and its ISO twin ISO 25534-1; UNTP provides one technical realisation of that shared DPP scope. |
Regulations
Provide the lowest-cost, highest-integrity, and most scalable implementation instrument. UNTP credentials and the transparency graph give regulators and regulated entities a ready-made digital infrastructure for compliance.
| Reference | Authority | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| EU ESPR | European Commission | UNTP DPPs are architecturally interoperable with ESPR product passport requirements. |
| EU Battery Regulation | European Commission | UNTP DPP maps all battery passport data attributes defined by DIN DKE SPEC 99100. |
| EU CBAM | European Commission | UNTP DPPs and DFRs carry the product-level embedded emissions data CBAM requires. |
| EU EUDR | European Commission | UNTP DTEs and DFRs with geolocation support EUDR traceability to plot of origin. |
| EU CSRD / ESRS | European Commission | UNTP metrics taxonomy enables roll-up of supply chain data to ESRS disclosures. |
| EU CSDDD | European Commission | UNTP transparency graph provides the value chain visibility CSDDD due diligence requires. |
| EU Forced Labour Regulation | European Commission | UNTP supply chain traceability and social audit DCCs support forced labour due diligence. |
| EU Critical Raw Materials Act | European Commission | UNTP DPPs carry critical raw material composition and recycled content data. |
| EU Conflict Minerals Regulation | European Commission | UNTP DTEs trace mineral flows; DCCs verify responsible sourcing from smelters. |
| US UFLPA | US Congress | UNTP transparency graph provides the complete supply chain tracing UFLPA demands. |
| US Dodd-Frank Section 1502 | US Congress | UNTP DTEs and DCCs support conflict minerals supply chain traceability and reporting. |
| California SB 253 / SB 261 | California Legislature | UNTP emissions metrics support Scope 1–3 reporting required by SB 253. |
| German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) | German Federal Government | UNTP transparency graph supports multi-tier supply chain due diligence. |
| UK Modern Slavery Act | UK Parliament | UNTP credentials provide verifiable evidence for modern slavery statements. |
| Australian Modern Slavery Act | Australian Parliament | UNTP credentials provide verifiable evidence for modern slavery statements. |
| Australian Climate Disclosure | Australian Treasury | UNTP metrics taxonomy supports ISSB-aligned Scope 3 supply chain disclosures. |
| Canada Forced Labour Act (S-211) | Parliament of Canada | UNTP supply chain traceability supports annual reporting and import compliance. |
| EU General Food Law | European Commission | UNTP DTEs and DCCs could support the traceability and safety-information requirements of Regulation (EC) 178/2002. |
| EU Industrial Emissions Directive | European Commission | UNTP DFRs and pollution metrics are capable of capturing the emissions-to-air, water, and land data the IED covers. |
| EU Waste Framework Directive | European Commission | UNTP DPP recycled-content, hazardous-substance, and end-of-life metrics could support waste-hierarchy reporting. |
| EU Energy Efficiency Directive | European Commission | UNTP energy metrics could support facility-level reporting under the EED. |
| EU General Product Safety Regulation | European Commission | UNTP DPPs and DCCs are capable of carrying the safety-information and traceability data GPSR describes. |
| EU Construction Products Regulation | European Commission | UNTP DPPs for construction products are capable of carrying the declaration-of-performance data CPR describes. |
| EU SFDR | European Commission | UNTP performance metrics map conceptually to a substantial share of SFDR Principal Adverse Impact indicators — see issue #771 for the full mapping. |
| EAEU Technical Regulations | Eurasian Economic Commission | UNTP DPPs and DCCs are capable of carrying the product safety and conformity data TR EAEU/TR TC describes for cross-border trade in the Union. |
| China Circular Economy Promotion Law | National People's Congress of China | UNTP recycled-content, product-composition, and end-of-life metrics could support reporting under China's circular economy legislation. |
| India BRSR | Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) | UNTP performance metrics could support the environmental, social and governance disclosures mandated for listed Indian companies under BRSR. |
| ASEAN Framework for Sustainable Consumption and Production | ASEAN Secretariat | UNTP DPPs and DCCs would offer a possible common data layer for SCP reporting across ASEAN member states. |
| Brazil National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS) | Government of Brazil | UNTP DPP end-of-life and recycled-content metrics could support producer-responsibility reporting under Law 12.305/2010. |
| Russia Chestny Znak | Government of the Russian Federation | Russia's mandatory product-level traceability platform is conceptually similar to UNTP DPP + DTE and covers a growing list of consumer-goods categories. |
| China Green Product Certification (CGPC) | SAMR / MEE / MOHURD | UNTP DCCs would be a possible carrier for CGPC certification bodies wishing to publish national eco-label status in machine-verifiable form. |
| China Environmental Information Disclosure by Listed Companies | MEE / CSRC / SASAC / MOF | Mandatory environmental disclosure regime for Chinese listed and bond-issuing firms; UNTP metrics could support the required disclosures. |
| India E-Waste Management Rules | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) | UNTP DPPs and reverse-logistics DTEs could support EPR reporting under the E-Waste Management Rules 2022. |
| India Plastic Waste Management Rules | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) | UNTP DPPs are capable of carrying recycled-content and plastic-category data relevant to EPR compliance under the Plastic Waste Management Rules. |
| Indonesia OJK POJK 51 | Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) | UNTP performance metrics could support the sustainability disclosures Indonesian banks, non-bank financial institutions, and listed issuers make under POJK 51. |
| Singapore SGX Sustainability + Climate Reporting | Singapore Exchange (SGX) | UNTP performance metrics and DCCs would be a possible carrier for the sustainability and TCFD-aligned climate disclosures SGX-listed issuers make. |
| Japan GX League | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) | UNTP emissions metrics and DCCs could support the emissions accounting, target-setting, and voluntary trading participation the GX League framework describes. |
| Japan Act on Promotion of Resource Circulation for Plastics | Ministry of the Environment (MOE) | UNTP DPPs and DTEs could support the design-for-recycling, take-back, and reporting obligations the Plastic Resource Circulation Act describes. |
| South Korea Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth | Ministry of Environment (MOE) | UNTP emissions and energy metrics could support the GHG inventory, MRV, and target-progress reporting the Framework Act describes. |
| South Africa Carbon Tax Act | South African Revenue Service (SARS) / DFFE | UNTP emissions metrics and DCCs could support the tax-liability reporting and third-party verification the Carbon Tax Act describes. |
| Chile Extended Producer Responsibility Law (Ley 20.920) | Ministerio del Medio Ambiente (MMA) | UNTP DPPs and DTEs could support the design-for-recycling, collection, and recovery reporting Ley 20.920 describes across its six priority product categories. |
UN and IGO Instruments
Map to the outcomes they target so that UNTP becomes the preferred tool for concrete implementation and national capability building.
| Reference | Authority | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| UN SDGs | United Nations | UNTP conformity topics and metrics map to SDG targets, enabling product-level contribution tracking. |
| UNFCCC Paris Agreement | UNFCCC | UNTP emissions metrics support measurement and verification of nationally determined contributions. |
| UNEP Digital Product Information System | UNEP | UNTP provides the decentralised credential infrastructure for UNEP's product information vision. |
| UNIDO Global Quality and Standards Programme | UNIDO | UNTP provides digital tools for developing-country enterprises to demonstrate conformity to market requirements. |
| OECD Due Diligence Guidance | OECD | UNTP transparency graph operationalises the OECD five-step due diligence framework at scale. |
| IEA Critical Minerals Traceability | IEA | UNTP DTEs and DCCs implement the traceability and assurance the IEA framework calls for. |
| WTO TBT Agreement | WTO | UNTP's use of international standards and mutual recognition aligns with TBT non-discrimination principles. |
| WCO AEO Programme | WCO | UNTP Digital Identity Anchors and DCCs can underpin AEO trusted-trader credentialing. |
| ILO Fundamental Conventions | ILO | UNTP DCC social conformity topics map directly to ILO core labour standards. |
| UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights | OHCHR | UNTP transparency graph provides the supply chain visibility the UNGPs' due diligence pillar requires. |
| UNECE Recommendation 49 | UNECE | UNTP implements the transparency and traceability framework defined by Recommendation 49. |
| Codex Alimentarius | FAO / WHO | UNTP DCCs would be a possible carrier for internationally recognised food-safety claims that reference Codex standards. |
| Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework | CBD Secretariat | UNTP biodiversity and land-use metrics could carry product-level evidence relevant to KM-GBF Targets 1–8. |
| Montreal Protocol | UNEP Ozone Secretariat | UNTP pollution metrics include ozone-depleting substance emissions and could carry facility-level data relevant to Montreal Protocol reporting. |
| CEO Water Mandate | UN Global Compact | UNTP water metrics — consumption, discharge, recycling, water-stress-area withdrawal — could support CEO Water Mandate disclosure. |
Industry Initiatives
Partner so that industry sustainability and resilience goals are most easily met through UNTP community activation, reducing the cost and complexity of initiative-specific tooling.
| Reference | Authority | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CIRPASS-2 | European Commission | CIRPASS-2 alignment review confirms architectural interoperability with UNTP across 14 topics. |
| Battery Pass | Battery Pass Consortium | Battery Pass content guidance maps directly to UNTP DPP data model for battery credentials. |
| GBA | Global Battery Alliance | GBA Battery Passport is registered as a UNTP extension; GBA rules map to UNTP DPP and DCC. |
| GDST | GDST | GDST Key Data Elements align with UNTP DTEs for seafood supply chain traceability. |
| Catena-X | Catena-X Automotive Network | Catena-X decentralised data exchange architecture is conceptually aligned with UNTP transparency graph. |
| RMI / RMAP | RMI | RMAP smelter audit results can be issued as UNTP DCCs; RMI is a registered UNTP conformity scheme. |
| Coppermark | Coppermark | Coppermark responsible production criteria map to UNTP DCC conformity topics; registered UNTP scheme. |
| ASI | ASI | ASI performance and chain-of-custody standards align with UNTP DCC and DTE models. |
| Textile Exchange | Textile Exchange | Textile Exchange fibre standards map to UNTP DPP material composition and DCC conformity claims. |
| RSPO | RSPO | RSPO supply chain certification aligns with UNTP DTE traceability and DCC conformity models. |
| TNFD | Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures | UNTP biodiversity and land-use metrics could support product- and facility-level evidence for TNFD nature-related disclosures. |
| Alliance for Water Stewardship | AWS | UNTP water metrics align with the AWS International Water Stewardship Standard; UNTP DCCs would be a possible carrier for AWS certification claims. |
Detailed Sections
W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model
Standard overview
Credentials — driver's licences, diplomas, visas, permits, invoices — are integral to daily life. W3C Verifiable Credentials let these credentials be expressed on the web in a cryptographically secure, privacy-respecting, and machine-verifiable way.
UNTP relationship
UNTP issues all credentials (product passports (DPP), facility records (DFR), conformity attestations (DCC), traceability events (DTE)) as Verifiable Credentials to ensure security and integrity, regardless of how they are exchanged. UNTP also requires VC rendering templates, ensuring that all UNTP credentials are both human- and machine-readable. The UNTP VC Profile specification provides further detail.
W3C Decentralised Identifiers
Standard overview
W3C Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) are an identifier type that enables verifiable, decentralised digital identity. A DID refers to any subject — a person, organisation, thing, data model, or abstract entity — as determined by the DID's controller. The design lets the DID owner prove control without requiring permission from any other party. DIDs are commonly used as the issuer identifier for Verifiable Credentials.
UNTP relationship
The UNTP Verifiable Credentials Profile requires W3C DIDs as the issuer ID for all credentials (DPP, DCC, DTE, etc.), providing cryptographic, non-repudiable proof of issuer identity. In some cases — similar to well-known websites — a verifier can map a DID to a known identity. In most cases the DID will not be known to the verifier; UNTP therefore defines a Digital Identity Anchor that provides a high-integrity link between a DID and an identity in an authoritative register, such as a national business register.
W3C JSON-LD
Standard overview
JSON-LD is a W3C standard for encoding linked data using JSON syntax. It adds a @context mechanism that maps JSON keys to globally unique IRIs, enabling semantic interoperability across independently developed systems without requiring a shared schema registry.
UNTP relationship
JSON-LD is the linked-data syntax for all UNTP credentials. The UNTP core vocabulary publishes versioned @context files that map every UNTP term to its canonical IRI. This enables semantic interoperability and graph-native data querying across the entire transparency graph, allowing verifiers and analytics tools to merge credentials from different issuers without lossy translation.
IETF JOSE
Standard overview
The JOSE (JSON Object Signing and Encryption) family of IETF standards — including JWS (RFC 7515) and JWE (RFC 7516) — defines compact, URL-safe representations for digitally signing and encrypting JSON payloads. JOSE is widely deployed in web infrastructure and supported by every major programming language.
UNTP relationship
UNTP mandates JOSE enveloping proof (JWS / RFC 7515) for all Verifiable Credentials. JOSE is preferred over Data Integrity proofs for simplicity and because verification does not depend on @context resolution at proof-checking time. This design choice lowers the barrier for implementers and aligns with mainstream web-security tooling.
IETF SD-JWT
Standard overview
SD-JWT (Selective Disclosure for JWTs) is an IETF specification that enables a holder to selectively disclose individual claims from a signed JWT without revealing the entire payload, preserving issuer signatures while supporting privacy.
UNTP relationship
UNTP acknowledges SD-JWT but uses variant-based disclosure as the primary selective-disclosure mechanism. Because DPP issuers control credential content, holder-redaction patterns have limited utility in most supply-chain scenarios. There is no incompatibility — SD-JWT can be used alongside UNTP credentials where holder privacy is a requirement.
IETF GLUEID
Standard overview
The IETF GLUE Identifiers draft (draft-ietf-spice-glue-id) defines a URI form, glue:{authority-identifier}:{external-identifier}, that wraps an existing identifier under the issuing authority's GLUE registry code. It gives a globally unique, protocol-neutral URI to identifiers that have no resolvable form of their own.
UNTP relationship
UNTP references GLUE identifiers informatively, as one way to record a legacy business identifier (for example, a company number from a register that no longer exists or does not participate in GRID) in a Party id or an alsoKnownAs property. GLUE identifiers are not resolvable like DIDs, are not a UNTP identifier class, and are not required for conformance. See GLUE identifiers in the Identity Resolver specification.
IETF SCITT
Standard overview
The IETF Supply Chain Integrity, Transparency and Trust (SCITT) working group defines an architecture (draft-ietf-scitt-architecture) in which an issuer registers a signed statement (for example, the hash of an SBOM, an audit report, or a credential) with a transparency service. The service records the statement in an append-only log and returns a countersigned receipt. Any party holding the receipt can later verify that the statement existed at registration time, has not been altered since, and originated from the signing key — without relying on the issuer's own infrastructure or goodwill.
UNTP relationship
UNTP's trust model is credential-based: authenticity and integrity come from the issuer's signature, and trust in the issuer is established through Digital Identity Anchors and trust graphs. SCITT transparency services are a complementary, optional layer on top of that model, providing non-repudiable proof of existence and integrity over time — for example, for auditable evidence referenced from a conformity credential, or a SCITT-anchored SBOM published against a version in the Software Implementer register. SCITT registration is not required for UNTP conformance; deeper integration is a Verifiable Credentials roadmap item.
ISO/IEC 15459
Standard overview
ISO/IEC 15459 is a multi-part standard that defines a system of globally unique identifiers for items, transport units, returnable assets, and groupings. It establishes Issuing Agency Codes (IACs) that guarantee uniqueness across identifier schemes.
UNTP relationship
UNTP leverages the ISO/IEC 15459 Issuing Agency Code registry for globally unique identifier encoding in barcodes and RFID tags. The UNTP Identity Resolver specification references 15459 as the foundation for parsing data carriers and extracting structured identifiers.
ISO/IEC 18975
Standard overview
ISO/IEC 18975 defines a structured resolution protocol for identifiers encoded in data carriers — 1D barcodes, QR codes, RFID, and digital documents. It specifies how to construct resolution URLs from identifier components and how resolvers return typed links to associated resources.
UNTP relationship
ISO 18975 is foundational for the UNTP Identity Resolver specification. The IDR implements the ISO 18975 structured-path syntax and link-type negotiation, enabling any product, facility, or organisation identifier to resolve to its associated UNTP credentials.
ISO 59040 Product Circularity Data Sheet
Standard overview
ISO 59040 (the Product Circularity Data Sheet) defines a standard set of measures and a reporting format for product circularity. It covers circular content — the extent to which a product is made from recycled materials — and circular design — the extent to which a product has been designed to facilitate repair, remanufacture, repurposing, and recycling.
UNTP relationship
UNTP does not re-invent any ISO 59040 criteria. Instead, the UNTP Digital Product Passport provides a mechanism to digitalise product circularity data while remaining ISO 59040-compliant. The DPP data model includes the organisation, facility, and product metadata ISO 59040 requires. The conformityClaim structure within the DPP conveys each specific circularity criterion. Because UNTP DPPs are both human- and machine-readable and carry other sustainability information — such as carbon footprint — manufacturers can issue a single DPP that conforms to multiple sustainability standards.
IFRS S1/S2
Standard overview
IFRS S1 (General Sustainability Disclosures) and IFRS S2 (Climate-related Disclosures) are the IFRS Foundation's sustainability reporting standards. They require entities to disclose material sustainability-related risks, opportunities, and climate metrics for investor decision-making.
UNTP relationship
The UNTP performance metrics taxonomy is designed so that product- and facility-level sustainability data can be automatically aggregated (rolled up) to enterprise-level IFRS S1 and S2 disclosures. By capturing granular metrics at the point of production, UNTP enables organisations to build IFRS-compliant corporate reports from verifiable, supply-chain-sourced data rather than top-down estimates.
GRI Standards
Standard overview
The GRI Standards are the world's most widely used sustainability reporting standards. They define disclosure topics and indicators across environmental (emissions GRI 305, energy 302, water 303, waste 306, biodiversity 304), social (labour 401–409), and governance (anti-corruption 205, supplier environmental 308, supplier social 414) dimensions.
UNTP relationship
UNTP metrics categories map directly to GRI indicator families. Product- and facility-level data captured in UNTP credentials can be aggregated to satisfy GRI disclosure requirements, complementing the enterprise-level focus of GRI with verifiable supply-chain evidence.
GHG Protocol
Standard overview
The GHG Protocol, developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), is the most widely used international standard for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions. It defines three scopes: Scope 1 (direct emissions), Scope 2 (purchased energy), and Scope 3 (value-chain emissions).
UNTP relationship
UNTP emissions metrics directly implement GHG Protocol scopes 1–3. Digital Facility Records (DFR) capture Scope 1 and 2 emissions at the facility level; Digital Product Passports (DPP) convey embedded (Scope 3) emissions per product. The transparency graph enables verifiers to trace and verify emissions claims across the value chain.
CEN/CENELEC JTC24
Standard overview
CEN/CENELEC JTC24 is the joint technical committee responsible for delivering the technical standards — data carriers, identifiers, data exchange — that support the European Commission's Eco-design for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The committee's outputs define:
- Unique identifiers — a system supporting both centralised and decentralised identifiers at model, batch, or item level.
- Data carriers — format, error correction, encoding methods, and printing and durability requirements for product data carriers such as QR codes.
- Data exchange protocols — an open, secure, high-integrity protocol for exchanging DPP data between systems, including access control for sensitive data.
UNTP relationship
An architectural review between UNTP and CEN/CENELEC JTC24 across a 14-topic assessment has confirmed string alignment. Both frameworks use W3C Verifiable Credentials, linked-data semantics, and content-negotiated identity resolution. Operational pilots will planned for Q3 2026 will confirm that the assessed alignment works in practice.
- Identifiers and carriers: UNTP maintains a human- and machine-readable register of organisation, facility, and product identifier schemes, including data on how to parse data carriers, resolve identifiers to discover passports, and verify identifier ownership and passport integrity. EU product registers implementing CEN standards are added to the UN register of schemes.
- Data exchange protocol: UNTP leverages open technical standards including JSON Schema, W3C JSON-LD semantics, and IETF Linksets. UNTP maps Digital Product Passport data to well-established semantic vocabularies — including vocabulary.uncefact.org and schema.org — and maintains mappings to EU-specific passport data semantics to ensure semantic interoperability.
Mappable to, not conformant with
UNTP is not a profile of JTC24, and conformance to one does not imply conformance to the other. The scopes differ: JTC24 standardises the European DPP system under ESPR, while UNTP is a jurisdiction-agnostic protocol for carrying product and sustainability data along a supply chain across borders. Where they overlap the aim is a published mapping, and EU-specific requirements sit in a jurisdictional extension rather than in UNTP core. The same applies to every other jurisdiction's passport regime.
The difference shows most where UNTP specifies something a regional regime does not require. UNTP requires an issuer identified by a decentralised identifier, recommends that a product identifier resolve to the credentials about it, and models what happens to a product over its life as separate linked traceability events. These are not dropped because a particular regime omits them: they are what allows a passport to be read by a verifier in another country who has no prior relationship with the issuer, which is the case UNTP exists to serve. A regional system whose participants are already registered with a central authority may reasonably need less.
DIN DKE SPEC 99100
Standard overview
DIN DKE SPEC 99100 is a German national standard that specifies the content and structure of the battery passport required by the EU Battery Regulation. It defines 94 mandatory and recommended data attributes across seven clusters (general information, carbon footprint, supply chain due diligence, material composition, circularity, performance, and state of health), providing the detailed data model that battery passport implementations must follow.
UNTP relationship
The UNTP DPP specification includes a complete attribute-level mapping to all 94 DIN DKE SPEC 99100 data attributes with no gaps. Battery manufacturers implementing UNTP DPPs can satisfy DIN DKE SPEC 99100 requirements directly, using the DPP as the technical vehicle for EU Battery Regulation compliance while maintaining interoperability with global supply chain partners through UNTP's open standards.
ITU-T DPP for ICT Goods
Standard overview
ITU-T develops Recommendations and Technical Reports on digital product passports for ICT goods, with a focus on circularity, transparency, and extended producer responsibility.
Three documents are published:
- ITU-T L.1070 (2023) sets out opportunities for a global digital sustainable product passport for ICT goods.
- ITU-T L.1071 (2024) defines a DPP information model for sustainability and circularity of ICT goods, and includes a mapping table to the UNTP DPP data model.
- ITU-T LSTR.CONF-to-L.1071 (2025) is a Technical Report providing a conformance checklist for L.1071, related to the UNTP Conformity Credential.
Six work items are under development: L.DPP4C (consumer-facing lifecycle events for ICT goods, aligned with UNTP DTE), L.DPIS (modular, scalable DPP system design), L.Digital_EPR (digital Extended Producer Responsibility framework), Y.DPP-ICT (requirements and system architecture for ICT DPP systems), YSTR.OS-DPP-ICT (open-source DPP prototype that issues UNTP credentials for social-refurbisher pilots), and Y.DPP-trust (technology-neutral trust framework for DPP systems handling IoT-enabled lifecycle data).
UNTP relationship
ITU-T L.1071 maps its ICT-goods DPP information model to the UNTP DPP data model. The published mapping references UNTP v0.5.0; ITU-T and UN/CEFACT are coordinating a refresh against the current v1.0 candidate. LSTR.CONF-to-L.1071's conformance checklist for L.1071 relates to the UNTP Conformity Credential as the carrier for conformity statements against L.1071 criteria.
Among the work items, YSTR.OS-DPP-ICT is the most direct interoperation point: the draft prototype issues UNTP-schema DPP, DTE and DFR credentials for small pilots with social refurbishers of ICT devices, giving a reference implementation of UNTP in the ICT-circularity use case. L.DPP4C's lifecycle-event catalogue for the use and post-use phase (repair, refurbishment, resale, dismantling, disposal) is explicitly aligned with UNTP DTE as its basis, with DFR credentials identifying the facility or operator performing each event and DCC credentials carrying facility accreditation and sustainability claims tied to those events.
Y.DPP-trust defines a four-pillar trust model (entities, data, processes, technology) and lists UNECE Recommendation 49 — the basis of UNTP — among its related standards, placing UNTP within the broader ICT-DPP trust-framework landscape ITU-T is mapping.
ISO 17000
Standard overview
ISO 17000 (Conformity assessment — Vocabulary and general principles) defines the terminology and concepts used across the entire ISO/CASCO conformity assessment framework. It establishes the vocabulary for attestation, conformity assessment bodies, accreditation, certification, inspection, and testing — providing the conceptual foundation on which standards such as ISO 17011, 17020, 17021, and 17065 are built.
UNTP relationship
The UNTP Digital Conformity Credential (DCC) directly implements ISO 17000 terminology. DCC data model concepts — attestation type, conformity assessment body, assessment level, and the relationship between accreditation and certification — map to ISO 17000 definitions. This ensures that UNTP conformity credentials are semantically consistent with established international conformity assessment practice.
ISO 17011
Standard overview
ISO 17011 (Conformity assessment — Requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies) defines the requirements for accreditation bodies that evaluate and accredit conformity assessment bodies (CABs). It establishes a trust hierarchy: a national or international accreditation authority accredits a CAB, which in turn certifies or inspects products, facilities, or management systems.
UNTP relationship
The UNTP Digital Conformity Credential (DCC) implements the ISO 17011 accreditation trust hierarchy. The DCC issuingAuthority and accreditationBody fields model the chain from accreditation authority to conformity assessment body to attestation. This allows verifiers to trace the trust chain from a conformity claim on a product or facility back through the accredited CAB to the accreditation authority, providing machine-verifiable assurance that the assessment was conducted by an accredited body.
ISO 19987
Standard overview
ISO/IEC 19987:2024 (EPC Information Services) is a well-established standard for supply chain traceability. It defines six event types that combine to describe a value chain from raw material to finished product: Object Event (e.g. an inspection), Transaction Event (e.g. a shipment from seller to buyer), Aggregation Event (e.g. loading packages onto a pallet), Transformation Event (e.g. a manufacturing process that consumes inputs to create outputs), and Association Event (e.g. linking products to other products or facilities).
UNTP relationship
The UNTP Digital Traceability Event (DTE) is a conformant, simplified profile of ISO 19987, identifying the minimum subset needed to support value chain transparency. The DTE profile is optimised for packaging as verifiable credentials and for discovery as linked data, rather than the machine-to-machine API mechanisms the ISO standard defines.
ISO 22000
Standard overview
ISO 22000 (Food safety management systems — Requirements) specifies the requirements for a food safety management system covering interactive communication, system management, prerequisite programmes, and HACCP principles across the food supply chain from primary production to consumption.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DCC conformity topics for food safety and quality align with ISO 22000 criteria. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for ISO 22000-certified auditors to publish certification status in machine-verifiable form, and facility-level DFRs and product-level DPPs are capable of carrying the traceability and hazard-control claims ISO 22000 systems produce.
ICC International Building Code
Standard overview
The International Building Code (IBC) is a model building code developed by the International Code Council and adopted, in whole or in part, by jurisdictions across the United States and internationally. It provides minimum requirements for the design, construction, and quality of building materials and systems.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs for construction products are capable of carrying compliance claims against IBC-referenced test methods and product-safety criteria. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for test laboratories or certification bodies to publish IBC-relevant performance data (fire, structural, thermal, acoustic) in machine-verifiable form.
UN/CEFACT DPP BRS + ISO 25534-1
Standard overview
The UN/CEFACT Digital Product Passport Business Requirements Specification (DPP BRS) is a UN/CEFACT deliverable that sets out the business requirements for Digital Product Passports — actors, information exchanges, and functional capabilities. ISO 25534-1 is its ISO twin: the two are jointly-developed UNECE / ISO DPP deliverables and share the same scope of requirements. The BRS Part 1 (Overview and Fundamental Principles) was published as a Public Draft on 29 July 2026.
UNTP relationship
UNTP is architecturally aligned with the DPP BRS / ISO 25534-1 requirements: both describe the same actors (issuers, verifiers, holders), information exchanges (product identifier resolution, credential retrieval, chain-of-custody events), and capabilities (identity, discovery, verification). UNTP provides one technical realisation — verifiable credentials, decentralised identifiers, and a linked-data profile — of the shared DPP scope. Because the BRS and ISO 25534-1 are still evolving, this page records an alignment relationship rather than a formal conformance statement; the relationship will be revisited once both instruments reach final status.
EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
Regulation overview
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishes the framework for Digital Product Passports across most product categories placed on the EU market, setting ecodesign requirements covering durability, repairability, recyclability, energy efficiency, and carbon footprint. Sector-specific delegated acts phase in from 2026 (iron and steel) through 2030, with batteries, textiles, and electronics among the earliest categories.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs are architecturally interoperable with ESPR product passport requirements. The CIRPASS-2 alignment review confirmed compatibility between UNTP and the CEN/CENELEC JTC24 standards implementing ESPR across 14 assessment topics. UNTP provides a global, decentralised implementation framework that can carry EU-specific ecodesign data alongside other sustainability information, enabling manufacturers to serve both EU regulatory and global voluntary transparency requirements with a single credential.
EU Battery Regulation
Regulation overview
Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 requires a digital battery passport (accessible via QR code) for EV and industrial batteries above 2 kWh from February 2027. The passport must convey carbon footprint, recycled content, state of health, material composition, and supply chain due diligence information across a 10-year record.
UNTP relationship
The UNTP DPP specification already maps all 94 battery passport data attributes defined by DIN DKE SPEC 99100 (the German national standard implementing the EU Battery Regulation). The Global Battery Alliance extension is registered as a UNTP extension. UNTP provides the interoperable framework for battery passport data exchange, enabling battery data to flow across international supply chains.
EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
Regulation overview
Regulation (EU) 2023/956 puts a carbon price on imports of cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity, and hydrogen based on embedded emissions. From 2026, importers must purchase CBAM certificates corresponding to the carbon price that would have been paid had the goods been produced under the EU Emissions Trading System. At least 80% of reported emissions must be based on actual data from upstream producers.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs carry product-level emissions intensity data, and Digital Facility Records capture Scope 1 and 2 emissions at the facility level. Digital Conformity Credentials from accredited assessors can verify emissions claims. The transparency graph enables tracing embedded emissions back through the supply chain, providing the actual-data evidence CBAM demands.
EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
Regulation overview
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 prohibits placing products linked to post-2020 deforestation on the EU market. It covers seven commodity groups — soy, cattle, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, rubber, and timber — and requires due diligence including geolocation traceability to the plot of land where the commodity was produced.
UNTP relationship
UNTP Digital Traceability Events trace commodity flows from origin through transformation events (processing, manufacturing). Digital Facility Records capture facility and plot-of-origin geolocation data. DPPs can carry deforestation-free claims verified by Digital Conformity Credentials from accredited assessors. The transparency graph enables end-to-end traceability from forest or farm to finished product.
EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSRD/ESRS)
Regulation overview
Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (CSRD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) require large companies to report on sustainability matters across environmental (E1–E5), social (S1–S4), and governance (G1) topics. Scope 3 value chain emissions are a core disclosure requirement, phased in from 2024 to 2028.
UNTP relationship
The UNTP performance metrics taxonomy is designed so that product- and facility-level sustainability data can be automatically aggregated to satisfy ESRS disclosures. Product-level DPP data and facility-level DFR data provide the verifiable Scope 3 supply chain evidence that CSRD reporting demands, replacing top-down estimates with bottom-up measured data.
EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
Regulation overview
Directive (EU) 2024/1760 requires large companies to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence across their value chains, with obligations to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for adverse impacts. Member states must transpose by July 2026.
UNTP relationship
UNTP provides the data infrastructure for value chain due diligence. The transparency graph of linked credentials — DPPs, DFRs, DCCs, and DTEs — across multi-tier supply chains gives companies the visibility needed to identify risks and demonstrate due diligence. Digital Conformity Credentials from social and environmental auditors provide verifiable evidence of remediation actions.
EU Forced Labour Regulation
Regulation overview
Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 prohibits placing on the EU market any product made using forced labour, regardless of origin. It applies to all economic operators regardless of size from December 2027. Enforcement follows a risk-based approach, with competent authorities empowered to investigate and order product withdrawals.
UNTP relationship
UNTP's transparency graph enables tracing products back through the supply chain to verify labour conditions at source. Digital Conformity Credentials from social auditors can attest to forced labour elimination. The UNTP conformity topic taxonomy includes forced labour criteria, and the multi-tier traceability provided by DTEs supports the due diligence that the regulation demands.
EU Critical Raw Materials Act
Regulation overview
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 sets 2030 benchmarks for EU domestic extraction (10%), processing (40%), and recycling (25%) of strategic raw materials. It requires supply chain risk assessments for large manufacturers of strategic technologies and mandates traceability and recycled content requirements for permanent magnets.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs can carry critical raw material composition and recycled content data. The Critical Raw Materials Transparency Protocol is already registered as a UNTP extension. Digital Traceability Events trace mineral supply chains from extraction through processing. Digital Facility Records capture extraction and processing facility data including geolocation for supply chain risk assessment.
EU Conflict Minerals Regulation
Regulation overview
Regulation (EU) 2017/821 requires EU importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG) to conduct supply chain due diligence following OECD guidance. It applies to direct importers and covers minerals originating from all conflict-affected and high-risk areas worldwide — a broader geographic scope than the US Dodd-Frank equivalent.
UNTP relationship
UNTP Digital Traceability Events trace mineral flows through transformation events (smelting, refining). Digital Facility Records capture facility data with geolocation for conflict zone assessment. Digital Conformity Credentials from audited smelters and refiners verify responsible sourcing. The mass balance chain-of-custody design pattern directly addresses mineral traceability requirements.
US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
Regulation overview
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (2022) creates a rebuttable presumption that goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are made with forced labour. Importers must provide complete supply chain tracing documentation to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to rebut the presumption. High-priority sectors include cotton, polysilicon, tomatoes, copper, lithium, and steel.
UNTP relationship
UNTP provides exactly the kind of supply chain tracing evidence UFLPA requires. Digital Traceability Events document product origin and transformation; Digital Facility Records establish facility locations; Digital Conformity Credentials from social auditors verify labour conditions. The transparency graph enables the complete, verifiable tracing documentation that CBP demands for rebuttal.
US Dodd-Frank Act Section 1502
Regulation overview
Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act (2010) requires US-listed companies to determine whether their products contain tin, tantalum, tungsten, or gold (3TG) originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo or adjoining countries. Companies must conduct due diligence on the source and chain of custody and file annual conflict minerals reports with the SEC.
UNTP relationship
UNTP Digital Traceability Events trace mineral flows from extraction through smelting and manufacturing. Digital Conformity Credentials from audited smelters (e.g. RMAP-certified) verify responsible sourcing. The transparency graph enables companies to demonstrate chain of custody from mine to product, supporting SEC reporting obligations.
California Climate Disclosure (SB 253 / SB 261)
Regulation overview
SB 253 (Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, 2023) requires companies with revenues over $1 billion doing business in California to report Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions. SB 261 (Climate-Related Financial Risk Act) requires companies with revenue over $500 million to report climate-related financial risks.
UNTP relationship
UNTP emissions metrics align with GHG Protocol scopes 1–3. Product-level DPP data and facility-level DFR data can be aggregated to corporate-level Scope 3 disclosures. UNTP provides verifiable, supply-chain-sourced evidence for emissions claims, supporting the assurance requirements that SB 253 phases in over time.
German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)
Regulation overview
The Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG) (2023) requires companies headquartered or operating in Germany with 1,000 or more employees to establish risk management systems for human rights and environmental protection across their supply chains. The Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) enforces compliance with administrative fines and public procurement exclusions.
UNTP relationship
UNTP provides the supply chain transparency data infrastructure that LkSG compliance requires. The transparency graph makes it possible to trace human rights and environmental risks through multi-tier supply chains. Digital Conformity Credentials from social and environmental auditors provide verifiable evidence of due diligence measures at the supplier level.
UK Modern Slavery Act
Regulation overview
The Modern Slavery Act 2015, Section 54, requires commercial organisations with annual turnover above GBP 36 million operating in the UK to publish annual modern slavery statements describing steps taken to ensure no slavery or human trafficking exists in their operations or supply chains.
UNTP relationship
UNTP transparency data can underpin modern slavery statements with verifiable evidence rather than self-declarations. Digital Conformity Credentials from social auditors provide third-party verification of labour conditions. The transparency graph enables companies to demonstrate multi-tier supply chain visibility — the depth of investigation that regulators and civil society increasingly expect.
Australian Modern Slavery Act
Regulation overview
The Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) requires entities based or operating in Australia with consolidated revenue over AUD 100 million to publish annual modern slavery statements identifying risks in their operations and supply chains and describing actions taken to address them.
UNTP relationship
UNTP credentials provide verifiable evidence for modern slavery statements. Digital Conformity Credentials from social auditors verify labour conditions at supplier facilities. Digital Facility Records establish the identity and location of facilities in the supply chain. The transparency graph enables the multi-tier supply chain visibility needed to identify and address modern slavery risks.
Australian Mandatory Climate Disclosure
Regulation overview
The Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Act 2024 requires large Australian businesses and financial institutions to prepare annual sustainability reports with mandatory climate-related financial disclosures aligned with ISSB/IFRS S1 and S2. Reporting is phased in from January 2025, with Scope 3 emissions and reasonable assurance requirements introduced progressively.
UNTP relationship
The UNTP performance metrics taxonomy is designed for roll-up to IFRS S1/S2 disclosures, which Australia's framework is aligned to. Product- and facility-level data from UNTP credentials provides the Scope 3 supply chain evidence needed. Because UNTP metrics are ISSB-aligned by design, Australian companies using UNTP can aggregate supply chain data directly into their mandatory climate reports.
Canada Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour Act
Regulation overview
The Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (S-211) (2024) requires Canadian entities and government institutions meeting revenue or asset thresholds to report annually on measures taken to prevent and reduce the risk of forced or child labour in their supply chains. Canada also prohibits the import of goods produced by forced or child labour.
UNTP relationship
UNTP credentials provide the supply chain tracing evidence needed for annual reporting and import compliance. Digital Traceability Events document product origin and transformation. Digital Conformity Credentials from social auditors verify labour conditions. The transparency graph enables the multi-tier visibility needed to identify forced and child labour risks across complex supply chains.
EU General Food Law Regulation
Regulation overview
Regulation (EC) 178/2002 lays down the general principles and requirements of EU food law, establishes the European Food Safety Authority, and mandates one-step-back / one-step-forward traceability across the food and feed supply chain. It underpins the entire EU food-safety regime including labelling, hazard notification, and rapid alert systems.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DTEs could be used to record the send/receive events that make one-step-back / one-step-forward traceability machine-verifiable rather than paper-based. UNTP DCCs would be a possible carrier for food-safety auditors publishing conformity claims against Codex, ISO 22000, or scheme-specific criteria. Facility-level DFRs and the transparency graph model would allow regulators and buyers to pull the whole chain-of-custody view without ad-hoc data requests.
EU Industrial Emissions Directive
Regulation overview
Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (as amended by Directive (EU) 2024/1785) requires operators of large industrial installations to apply Best Available Techniques (BAT) and to report emissions to air, water, and land under integrated permits. It covers energy, metals, minerals, chemicals, and waste-management sectors.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DFRs and pollution metrics (SOx, NOx, VOC, particulate matter, ozone-depleting substances, substances of concern) are capable of capturing the emissions data IED permits cover. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for accredited monitoring bodies to publish verified performance against BAT reference documents (BREFs), offering a standing, machine-verifiable disclosure alongside periodic regulatory reporting.
EU Waste Framework Directive
Regulation overview
Directive 2008/98/EC on waste sets the waste hierarchy (prevention, preparation for re-use, recycling, other recovery, disposal), establishes extended producer responsibility (EPR) as a policy instrument, and defines when a substance ceases to be waste. It underpins EU sector-specific EPR regimes for packaging, batteries, WEEE, textiles, and end-of-life vehicles.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPP recycled-content, hazardous-substance, and end-of-life metrics could support waste-hierarchy reporting and EPR fee modulation. UNTP DTEs could be used to record take-back and recycling events across the reverse-supply-chain graph. Substance-of-concern claims on the DPP could carry the information the Waste Framework Directive's obligations for articles containing SVHCs relate to (SCIP-database use case).
EU Energy Efficiency Directive
Regulation overview
Directive (EU) 2023/1791 on energy efficiency (recast) sets a binding target to reduce EU final energy consumption by at least 11.7% by 2030 (versus 2020 baseline). It obliges large enterprises to conduct energy audits or run certified energy management systems, and introduces energy-savings reporting for the public sector and buildings.
UNTP relationship
UNTP facility energy metrics (Energy Intensity, Renewable Energy %, Non-Renewable Energy Consumption) could support the facility-level reporting the EED covers. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for energy auditors to publish ISO 50001-aligned energy management system certification in machine-verifiable form.
EU General Product Safety Regulation
Regulation overview
Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety (GPSR) requires that all non-food consumer products placed on the EU market are safe, with obligations on manufacturers, importers, distributors, and online marketplaces including internal risk analysis, traceability, incident reporting, and corrective action. It applies from December 2024.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs are capable of carrying the manufacturer identification, product identification, traceability, and safety-information data GPSR describes. UNTP DCCs would be a possible carrier for testing laboratories and product-safety schemes publishing conformity claims. UNTP's transparency graph model would support the component-level traceability that corrective action (recalls, withdrawals) relies on.
EU Construction Products Regulation
Regulation overview
Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 on construction products (CPR recast), superseding Regulation (EU) 305/2011, harmonises the marketing of construction products in the EU. Manufacturers must issue a Declaration of Performance (DoP) against harmonised technical specifications, apply the CE marking, and — under the recast — provide product information via a Digital Product Passport for products in scope of ESPR.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs are capable of carrying the Declaration of Performance data CPR describes (essential characteristics, performance levels, intended use), and are aligned with the ESPR-required construction-products DPP profile as it phases in. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for notified bodies to publish Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVCP) results.
EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
Regulation overview
Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures (SFDR) requires EU financial market participants to disclose how they integrate sustainability risks and Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) indicators — 18 mandatory + up to 46 additional — into their investment processes. It affects any global entity seeking investment from, or listing in, the EU.
UNTP relationship
UNTP performance metrics map conceptually to a substantial share of SFDR PAI indicators — including Scope 1/2/3 GHG emissions, non-renewable energy share, biodiversity-sensitive area exposure, gender pay gap, air pollutants (SOx/NOx/VOC/PM), ozone-depleting substances, water use/recycling, water-stress-area exposure, and workplace accident rates; partial coverage across many others. See issue #771 for the full indicator-by-indicator mapping across all three PAI tables. For EU-facing issuers wishing to make product- and facility-level data available to investors, UNTP would offer a verifiable data layer aligned to those indicators.
EAEU Technical Regulations
Regulation overview
The Technical Regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union (TR EAEU/TR TC) are common technical regulations adopted by the Eurasian Economic Commission that apply across Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. They cover safety, labelling, and conformity assessment for a wide range of product categories (food, textiles, machinery, electrical equipment, packaging, and others), enabling free movement of conformant goods across the Union's customs territory.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs and DCCs are capable of carrying the product safety, labelling, and conformity data TR EAEU/TR TC describes for cross-border trade in the Union. UNTP's scheme-agnostic conformity credential model could be used to express certification and declaration-of-conformity artefacts of the kind EAEU technical regulations rely on, offering EAEU importers and market surveillance authorities a possible digital, machine-verifiable alternative to paper certificates.
China Circular Economy Promotion Law
Regulation overview
The Circular Economy Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China (2008; amended 2018) establishes a legal framework for reducing raw material and energy consumption, and promoting reuse, recycling, and pollution prevention across production and consumption. It underpins subsequent EPR regulations, green manufacturing programmes under the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the China Green Product Certification System.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPP recycled-content, product-composition, hazardous-substance, and end-of-life metrics could support reporting under China's circular economy legislation and downstream EPR schemes. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for Chinese certification bodies to publish Green Product Certification and related conformity claims in a form interoperable with buyer-side and export-market requirements.
India Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR)
Regulation overview
The Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) is a mandatory disclosure framework introduced by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) requiring the top 1,000 listed companies (by market capitalisation) to report on environmental, social, and governance performance. BRSR Core, a subset of KPIs, is subject to reasonable assurance for a phased subset of these companies.
UNTP relationship
UNTP performance metrics could support the environmental (emissions, energy, water, waste), social (workforce, safety, community, human rights), and governance disclosures BRSR covers. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for Indian assurance providers to publish BRSR Core assurance in machine-verifiable form, offering Indian issuers a carrier for both domestic obligations and their downstream supply-chain visibility to international buyers.
ASEAN Framework for Sustainable Consumption and Production
Regulation overview
The ASEAN Framework for Circular Economy for the ASEAN Economic Community and the accompanying regional Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) initiatives coordinate policy across ASEAN member states on resource efficiency, sustainable public procurement, green product standards, and waste management. These regional frameworks inform national action plans across Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, and other ASEAN members.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs and DCCs would offer a possible common data layer for SCP reporting across ASEAN member states, enabling consistent product- and facility-level sustainability disclosure for intra-ASEAN and export markets. UNTP conformity topic taxonomies would allow ASEAN scheme owners wishing to publish criteria that are digitally referenceable by manufacturers and buyers across the region to do so through an open, non-proprietary vocabulary.
Brazil National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS)
Regulation overview
The National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS, Law No. 12,305/2010) establishes Brazil's legal framework for solid waste management, imposing shared responsibility across manufacturers, importers, distributors, and consumers. It introduces reverse-logistics obligations, sectoral agreements, and extended producer responsibility for packaging, batteries, tyres, lubricants, electronics, and fluorescent lamps.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPP end-of-life and recycled-content metrics could support producer-responsibility reporting under PNRS, and UNTP DTEs could be used to record the take-back and reverse-logistics events sectoral agreements rely on. UNTP DCCs would be a possible carrier for Brazilian conformity bodies publishing scheme compliance for the product categories PNRS covers.
Russia Chestny Znak National Product Traceability System
Regulation overview
Chestny Znak ("Honest Mark") is Russia's mandatory national product-traceability platform, operated under Federal Law 487-FZ (2018) and successive government decrees. Every item in a covered category (tobacco, pharmaceuticals, footwear, dairy, water, tyres, textiles, perfume, cameras, beer and more — with new categories added regularly) must carry a unique DataMatrix code, be registered on the platform, and have every ownership transfer along the supply chain logged.
UNTP relationship
Chestny Znak's data model — a unique product identifier that resolves to a set of authoritative claims and a chain-of-custody event log — is conceptually similar to what UNTP describes. An implementer serving Russian exporters or importers could use UNTP DPPs and DTEs as an internationally interoperable expression of the same data; Chestny Znak itself is a useful reference point for product-level traceability at scale.
China Green Product Certification (CGPC) System
Regulation overview
The China Green Product Certification System is a national eco-labelling and certification regime jointly administered by SAMR (State Administration for Market Regulation), MEE (Ministry of Ecology and Environment), and MOHURD (Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development). It sets green-product criteria across categories including building materials, home appliances, textiles, packaging, and consumer electronics, with certification issued by accredited Chinese conformity assessment bodies.
UNTP relationship
A CGPC-accredited certification body wishing to publish results in machine-verifiable form could use UNTP DCCs as a possible carrier, and UNTP DPPs are capable of carrying the technical criteria a CGPC-certified product meets. Chinese exporters seeking to make national certification claims consumable by overseas buyers without a bespoke integration would be one plausible driver for that use.
China Provisions on Ecological Environment Information Disclosure by Listed Companies
Regulation overview
The Provisions on Legal Disclosure of Ecological Environment Information by Enterprises issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) in 2022, together with parallel guidance from CSRC (China Securities Regulatory Commission), SASAC (State-owned Assets Supervision Administration), and MOF (Ministry of Finance), establish a mandatory environmental disclosure regime for Chinese listed companies, key polluters, and bond issuers. Required disclosures include pollutant discharge, carbon emissions, environmental compliance, and enforcement history.
UNTP relationship
An obliged entity that already produces UNTP-shaped operational data would find that UNTP performance metrics (GHG emissions across scopes, air/water/land pollutants, hazardous waste, energy) could support the required disclosures, and UNTP DCCs could be used by Chinese verification bodies to publish third-party assurance. For multinational buyers evaluating Chinese suppliers, UNTP's transparency graph offers a possible common data layer spanning domestic disclosure obligations and international ESG reporting expectations.
India E-Waste Management Rules
Regulation overview
The E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) implement Extended Producer Responsibility for electrical and electronic equipment in India. Producers must register on the CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) portal, meet annual recycling targets expressed as EPR certificates, and disclose product-level information including recycled content and hazardous substance data.
UNTP relationship
An implementer looking to satisfy the rules digitally could use UNTP DPPs to carry the recycled-content, hazardous-substance, and product-composition data required, and UNTP DTEs to capture take-back, dismantling, and recycling events. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for Indian recyclers and certification bodies to publish compliance evidence; the transparency graph would support the multi-tier traceability that domestic and export markets increasingly demand.
India Plastic Waste Management Rules
Regulation overview
The Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (as amended, most recently by the 2022 EPR Guidelines) impose Extended Producer Responsibility on producers, importers, and brand owners of plastic packaging in India. Obliged entities must register on the CPCB portal, meet category-specific recycling and reuse targets (rigid, flexible, multi-layered, compostable), and file annual returns.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs are capable of carrying the plastic-category, recycled-content, and end-of-life data plastic EPR reporting requires, and UNTP DTEs could be used to record the reverse-logistics events (collection, sorting, recycling) that generate EPR certificates. Indian packaging producers and brand owners with international customers could adopt UNTP as a common data layer spanning domestic EPR obligations and downstream requirements in other jurisdictions.
Indonesia OJK POJK 51 Sustainable Finance Disclosure
Regulation overview
POJK 51/POJK.03/2017 issued by Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK, the Indonesian Financial Services Authority) requires banks, non-bank financial institutions (insurance, pension, financing companies), and listed issuers to apply sustainable finance principles and publish an annual Sustainability Report against a defined framework. It underpins Indonesia's Sustainable Finance Roadmap and OJK's subsequent taxonomy work.
UNTP relationship
An obliged entity that already produces UNTP-shaped operational data would find that UNTP performance metrics (GHG emissions across scopes, energy, water, waste, workforce, safety) could support the environmental and social disclosures a POJK 51 Sustainability Report covers. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for Indonesian assurance providers to publish third-party assurance in machine-verifiable form, and the transparency graph would offer a common data layer for Indonesian issuers to satisfy both domestic reporting and downstream regional (ASEAN, EU) expectations.
Singapore SGX Sustainability and Climate Reporting
Regulation overview
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) Listing Rules 711A and 711B require all issuers to publish an annual Sustainability Report covering material ESG factors, targets, and governance. Climate-related disclosures aligned to the TCFD (and, from 2025, ISSB IFRS S2) are being phased in as mandatory for all listed issuers, with reasonable-assurance requirements following on a defined timetable.
UNTP relationship
UNTP performance metrics could support the environmental (climate, water, waste, energy) and social disclosures SGX-listed issuers report against. UNTP DCCs would be a possible carrier for the third-party assurance those disclosures increasingly require. For Singaporean issuers with regional operations, UNTP would offer a common data layer that spans SGX obligations, ASEAN sustainable-finance expectations (Indonesia OJK POJK 51 and comparable regimes), and inbound investor requests aligned to IFRS S2 or EU SFDR.
Japan GX League
Regulation overview
The GX League (Green Transformation League) is a Japanese cross-industry framework launched by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in April 2023 to advance the country's 2050 net-zero and 2030 46% emissions-reduction targets. Members — over 700 companies representing more than 50% of Japan's total emissions as of 2024 — commit to setting emissions-reduction targets, publishing progress, and participating in the GX-ETS voluntary emissions trading scheme (transitioning to a mandatory scheme from 2026).
UNTP relationship
UNTP emissions metrics (Scope 1/2/3, GHG Emissions Intensity, Total GHG Emissions) could support the emissions accounting and target-progress reporting the GX League framework covers. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for third-party verification bodies to publish assured emissions data in machine-verifiable form, offering GX-ETS participants a digital, portable evidence layer alongside the platform's own reporting infrastructure. For Japanese exporters with international customers, the same UNTP data would satisfy both GX League participation and downstream requirements from EU, US, or other markets.
Japan Act on Promotion of Resource Circulation for Plastics
Regulation overview
The Act on Promotion of Resource Circulation for Plastics (プラスチックに係る資源循環の促進等に関する法律, 2022) obliges producers, distributors, and municipalities to reduce plastic use, apply design-for-recycling guidelines, and expand take-back and recycling. Manufacturers of specified products must design for reduced material use and easier recycling; certified voluntary take-back schemes are recognised as one compliance route.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs are capable of carrying the plastic-composition, design-for-recycling, and end-of-life data the Act's design guidelines describe. UNTP DTEs could be used to record the take-back, sorting, and recycling events that certified voluntary schemes rely on for evidence. Japanese producers and brand owners with international customers could adopt UNTP as a common data layer that spans domestic obligations under the Act and downstream expectations in markets moving toward mandatory plastic passports (EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, India Plastic Waste Management Rules).
South Korea Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth
Regulation overview
The Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth for Coping with Climate Crisis (탄소중립·녹색성장 기본법, 2021; effective March 2022) legislates South Korea's 2050 net-zero commitment and 2030 40% emissions-reduction target (versus 2018). It establishes the Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth, mandates MRV (measurement, reporting, verification) frameworks across regulated sectors, and coordinates with the Korean Emissions Trading Scheme (K-ETS).
UNTP relationship
UNTP emissions and energy metrics could support the GHG inventory, MRV, and target-progress reporting the Framework Act coordinates. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for Korean verification bodies to publish assured emissions and energy data in machine-verifiable form, offering K-ETS obligated entities a digital, portable evidence layer alongside domestic reporting. For Korean exporters, the same UNTP data would carry into downstream regulatory regimes their customers may reference (EU CBAM, IFRS S2, US and CA climate disclosure).
South Africa Carbon Tax Act
Regulation overview
The Carbon Tax Act 15 of 2019, administered by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and coordinated with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), imposes a per-tonne CO₂-equivalent tax on GHG emissions from stationary sources in scoped sectors including electricity, petrochemicals, iron and steel, cement, and mining. Emissions are reported under the National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations (NGERs); the tax is increasing on a scheduled path and Phase 2 (from 2026) reduces or removes several of the current allowances.
UNTP relationship
UNTP emissions metrics (Scope 1/2/3, GHG Emissions Intensity, Product Carbon Footprint) could support the tax-liability reporting the Carbon Tax Act describes, and UNTP DFRs could carry the facility-level emissions data NGERs collects. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for South African verification bodies to publish assured emissions data alongside a taxable entity's return. For South African exporters, the same UNTP data would carry into downstream regimes their customers may reference (EU CBAM in particular, given South Africa's exposure to EU-bound iron/steel and aluminium exports).
Chile Extended Producer Responsibility Law (Ley 20.920)
Regulation overview
Ley 20.920, Marco para la Gestión de Residuos, la Responsabilidad Extendida del Productor y Fomento al Reciclaje (2016), administered by the Ministerio del Medio Ambiente (MMA), establishes Chile's framework for Extended Producer Responsibility. It covers six priority product categories — packaging (cartoneros), lubricating oils, electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), batteries, tyres, and newsprint — and requires producers to meet collection and recovery targets through certified management systems (Sistemas de Gestión).
UNTP relationship
UNTP DPPs are capable of carrying the product-composition, recycled-content, and design-for-recycling data Ley 20.920's category-specific decrees describe. UNTP DTEs could be used to record the collection, sorting, and recovery events certified Sistemas de Gestión rely on for target verification. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for Chilean conformity bodies to publish scheme compliance in machine-verifiable form. For Chilean producers with regional customers, the same UNTP data would carry into downstream requirements in other Latin American EPR regimes (Brazil PNRS, Colombia's circular economy strategy) and inbound EU market expectations.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Instrument overview
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 interconnected goals adopted by all UN member states in 2015 as a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity. Each goal has specific targets and indicators covering poverty, hunger, health, education, climate, environmental degradation, justice, and partnerships. The SDGs frame the global sustainability agenda through 2030.
UNTP relationship
UNTP conformity topics and performance metrics map to SDG targets, enabling product- and facility-level sustainability data to be aggregated as evidence of contribution to specific goals. For example, emissions metrics support SDG 13 (Climate Action), labour conformity topics support SDG 8 (Decent Work), and deforestation-free claims support SDG 15 (Life on Land). UNTP provides the verifiable, granular data layer that turns high-level SDG commitments into measurable supply chain outcomes.
UNFCCC Paris Agreement
Instrument overview
The Paris Agreement (2015) is a legally binding international treaty under the UNFCCC. It commits 196 parties to limit global warming to well below 2°C (preferably 1.5°C) above pre-industrial levels. Each party submits nationally determined contributions (NDCs) setting out its emissions reduction targets and reports progress through a transparency framework.
UNTP relationship
UNTP emissions metrics — aligned with GHG Protocol scopes 1–3 — support measurement and verification of the supply chain emissions that underpin national climate targets. Product-level DPP data and facility-level DFR data provide the granular, verifiable evidence needed for the enhanced transparency framework the Paris Agreement demands. By enabling bottom-up emissions tracking across global supply chains, UNTP contributes to the accuracy of national greenhouse gas inventories.
UNEP Digital Product Information System
Instrument overview
The UNEP Digital Product Information System (DPIS) initiative explores how digital product information — covering environmental footprint, circularity, and social impact — can be standardised and shared globally to support sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12). DPIS envisions interoperable product information flowing across borders and regulatory jurisdictions.
UNTP relationship
UNTP provides the decentralised credential infrastructure for UNEP's product information vision. UNTP Digital Product Passports carry exactly the environmental, circularity, and social data DPIS targets. The identity resolution layer enables discovery of product information from any data carrier. The use of W3C Verifiable Credentials and JSON-LD semantics ensures the interoperability across jurisdictions that DPIS requires.
UNIDO Global Quality and Standards Programme
Instrument overview
The UNIDO Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP) builds the quality infrastructure — metrology, standardisation, accreditation, and conformity assessment — of developing countries. It helps small and medium enterprises meet the technical requirements of international markets, improving their competitiveness and integration into global value chains.
UNTP relationship
UNTP provides digital tools for developing-country enterprises to demonstrate conformity to international market requirements at low cost. Digital Conformity Credentials issued by accredited conformity assessment bodies give SMEs verifiable proof of compliance. The UNTP architecture — built on open standards and designed for low-cost implementation — aligns with UNIDO's goal of inclusive participation in global trade.
OECD Due Diligence Guidance
Instrument overview
The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct (2018) provides a five-step framework for companies to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for adverse human rights, environmental, and governance impacts in their operations and supply chains. Sector-specific annexes cover minerals, garments and footwear, and agriculture. The guidance is endorsed by 50+ governments and forms the operational basis for most national due diligence legislation.
UNTP relationship
UNTP operationalises the OECD five-step framework at scale. The transparency graph provides the supply chain mapping and risk identification that steps 1–2 require. Digital Conformity Credentials document the prevention and mitigation actions of step 3. The verifiable, auditable nature of UNTP credentials supports the tracking and communication obligations of steps 4–5. Most national due diligence regulations reference the OECD guidance, making UNTP a common implementation layer across jurisdictions.
IEA Critical Minerals Traceability Framework
Instrument overview
The IEA Critical Minerals Traceability Framework addresses the need for transparent, resilient supply chains for minerals essential to the clean energy transition — lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earths, and copper. It calls for traceability systems that verify provenance, environmental performance, and social conditions from mine to manufactured product.
UNTP relationship
UNTP Digital Traceability Events trace mineral flows from extraction through processing and manufacturing. Digital Facility Records capture mine and refinery data including geolocation, emissions, and operating conditions. Digital Conformity Credentials from auditors verify responsible sourcing. The UNTP Critical Raw Materials extension and mass balance chain-of-custody design pattern directly implement the traceability and assurance the IEA framework calls for.
WTO TBT Agreement
Instrument overview
The WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) ensures that technical regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures do not create unnecessary obstacles to international trade. It requires members to use international standards where they exist, to apply regulations on a non-discriminatory basis, and to accept conformity assessments from other members through mutual recognition.
UNTP relationship
UNTP's design aligns with TBT principles. By building on international standards (W3C, ISO, IETF) rather than creating jurisdiction-specific protocols, UNTP avoids creating technical barriers. The Digital Conformity Credential architecture supports mutual recognition of conformity assessments — a conformity credential issued in one country can be verified and trusted in another. This enables developing-country producers to demonstrate compliance with importing-country requirements without duplicating assessments.
WCO Authorised Economic Operator Programme
Instrument overview
The WCO SAFE Framework of Standards establishes the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) concept, under which customs administrations grant trusted-trader status to supply chain participants that meet security and compliance standards. AEO status provides trade facilitation benefits including expedited clearance, fewer inspections, and mutual recognition between customs authorities.
UNTP relationship
UNTP Digital Identity Anchors can link an economic operator's decentralised identifier to their AEO status in a national customs register, providing machine-verifiable proof of trusted-trader credentialing. Digital Conformity Credentials can carry AEO certification evidence. The transparency graph gives customs authorities supply chain visibility that supports both risk assessment and the expedited processing AEO operators expect.
ILO Fundamental Conventions
Instrument overview
The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work identifies eight fundamental conventions covering freedom of association (C87, C98), forced labour elimination (C29, C105), child labour abolition (C138, C182), and non-discrimination (C100, C111). These conventions define the core labour standards that all ILO member states are expected to respect regardless of ratification status.
UNTP relationship
UNTP Digital Conformity Credential social conformity topics map directly to ILO core labour standards. Conformity assessment bodies auditing against forced labour (C29), child labour (C182), freedom of association (C87/C98), and non-discrimination (C100/C111) criteria can issue DCCs that provide machine-verifiable evidence of compliance. The UNTP conformity topic taxonomy includes these ILO-aligned categories, enabling supply chain actors to demonstrate adherence to fundamental labour rights.
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Instrument overview
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, establish a three-pillar framework: the state duty to protect human rights, the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, and access to remedy for victims. The second pillar requires businesses to conduct human rights due diligence — identifying, preventing, mitigating, and accounting for adverse human rights impacts across their operations and value chains.
UNTP relationship
UNTP provides the supply chain visibility that the UNGPs' due diligence pillar requires. The transparency graph of linked credentials enables companies to identify human rights risks across multi-tier supply chains. Digital Conformity Credentials from social auditors provide verifiable evidence of prevention and mitigation actions. The UNGPs are the foundational framework behind the OECD Due Diligence Guidance and most national due diligence legislation — UNTP serves as a common digital implementation layer for all of them.
UNECE Recommendation 49
Instrument overview
UNECE Recommendation 49 (Transparency at Scale) provides a framework for transparent, traceable, and sustainable value chains. It defines principles and guidelines for using verifiable credentials, decentralised identifiers, and linked data to exchange sustainability and traceability information across international supply chains. Recommendation 49 was developed by UN/CEFACT as the policy foundation for the UNTP technical specification.
UNTP relationship
UNTP is the technical implementation of UNECE Recommendation 49. Every UNTP specification — Digital Product Passport, Digital Conformity Credential, Digital Traceability Event, Digital Facility Record, Digital Identity Anchor, and Identity Resolver — implements the architecture and principles that Recommendation 49 defines. The recommendation provides the policy mandate and governance framework; UNTP provides the technical standards, data models, and interoperability protocols.
Codex Alimentarius
Instrument overview
The Codex Alimentarius is the international collection of food standards, guidelines and codes of practice adopted by the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission. Codex texts underpin food-safety requirements in national regulations worldwide and are recognised under the WTO SPS Agreement as the reference standard for international food trade.
UNTP relationship
UNTP DCCs would be a possible carrier for internationally recognised food-safety claims that reference Codex standards. UNTP conformity topics for food safety and quality offer a taxonomy that maps to Codex commodity standards and general standards on labelling, hygiene, and contaminants — an implementer wishing to exchange Codex-referenced conformity data as linked credentials rather than paper certificates could use UNTP as that carrier.
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Instrument overview
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) was adopted at COP15 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in December 2022. It sets 4 long-term goals for 2050 and 23 action-oriented targets for 2030, including halting and reversing biodiversity loss (Target 4), reducing pollution risks (Target 7), and disclosing biodiversity-related risks by large companies (Target 15).
UNTP relationship
UNTP biodiversity and land-use metrics — deforestation-free sourcing, land-use change, biodiversity impact score, protected-area impact — could carry product-level evidence relevant to KM-GBF Targets 1–8. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for certifiers publishing conformity against biodiversity-relevant schemes, and UNTP's transparency graph model would support the value-chain visibility Target 15 disclosure describes.
Montreal Protocol
Instrument overview
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is the 1987 international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS). Amended repeatedly since, most recently by the 2016 Kigali Amendment which adds HFCs to the phase-down schedule.
UNTP relationship
UNTP pollution metrics include ozone-depleting substance emissions and could carry facility-level data relevant to Montreal Protocol reporting and to downstream regulatory regimes such as the EU F-Gas Regulation. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for testing bodies to publish product-level ODS/HFC content claims.
CEO Water Mandate
Instrument overview
The CEO Water Mandate is a UN Global Compact initiative that mobilises business leaders on water, sanitation, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Endorsing CEOs commit to advancing practices in six areas — direct operations, supply chain and watershed management, collective action, public policy, community engagement, and transparency — and to disclose progress annually.
UNTP relationship
UNTP water metrics — consumption, discharge, recycling rate, water-stress-area withdrawal — could support CEO Water Mandate disclosure across direct operations and supply chain. UNTP DFRs would allow facility-level water performance to be linked into product DPPs, and UNTP's transparency graph model would support the supply-chain and watershed reporting the mandate describes.
CIRPASS-2
Initiative overview
CIRPASS-2 is the EU-funded coordination and support action that develops the standardisation roadmap and interoperability framework for Digital Product Passports under the ESPR. Building on the original CIRPASS project, CIRPASS-2 conducts alignment assessments with international DPP initiatives and defines the technical architecture for EU product passports across priority sectors.
UNTP relationship
The CIRPASS-2 alignment review assessed UNTP against 14 topics and confirmed architectural interoperability. Both frameworks share W3C Verifiable Credentials, linked-data semantics, and content-negotiated identity resolution. CIRPASS-2 operates as a compatible EU regulatory profile within the broader UNTP architecture — an EU manufacturer implementing UNTP can satisfy ESPR DPP requirements with minimal additional effort, and vice versa.
Battery Pass
Initiative overview
The Battery Pass consortium (2022–2025), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, developed the content guidance and technical standards for the EU Battery Regulation's battery passport. It defined 88 mandatory and recommended data attributes across seven clusters and produced a reference implementation demonstrating data exchange between supply chain actors.
UNTP relationship
The Battery Pass content guidance maps directly to the UNTP DPP data model. The UNTP DPP specification includes a complete attribute-level mapping to DIN DKE SPEC 99100 (which codified the Battery Pass outputs). Battery manufacturers can use UNTP DPPs as the technical vehicle for issuing battery passports that satisfy EU Battery Regulation requirements while remaining interoperable with global supply chain partners.
Global Battery Alliance
Initiative overview
The Global Battery Alliance (GBA) is a public-private partnership of 200+ organisations working to establish a sustainable and responsible battery value chain. GBA defines the Battery Passport rulebook covering greenhouse gas emissions, human rights, child labour, recycled content, and responsible sourcing across the battery lifecycle.
UNTP relationship
The GBA Battery Passport is registered as a UNTP extension. GBA rulebook criteria map to UNTP DPP sustainability metrics and DCC conformity topics. By activating through the UNTP community, GBA members can issue interoperable battery credentials that satisfy both GBA rules and regulatory requirements (EU Battery Regulation, CBAM) using a single technical framework.
Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability
Initiative overview
The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) is an international, business-to-business platform that developed interoperability standards for seafood traceability. GDST defines Key Data Elements (KDEs) and Critical Tracking Events (CTEs) for wild-capture and aquaculture supply chains, built on GS1/EPCIS foundations.
UNTP relationship
GDST Key Data Elements and Critical Tracking Events align with UNTP Digital Traceability Events, which are themselves GS1 EPCIS 2.0 events (ISO/IEC 19987). Seafood supply chain actors using GDST standards can issue UNTP DTEs as verifiable credentials, adding cryptographic integrity and linked-data discoverability to existing traceability data. UNTP DPPs can carry species, catch area, and sustainability certification data relevant to seafood markets.
Catena-X
Initiative overview
Catena-X is the automotive industry's collaborative data ecosystem for secure, sovereign data exchange across the value chain. It defines standards for data models, digital twins, and decentralised data exchange covering use cases including carbon footprint tracking, circularity, traceability, and supply chain resilience. Catena-X operates through certified operating companies and data exchange infrastructure.
UNTP relationship
Catena-X's decentralised data exchange architecture is conceptually aligned with the UNTP transparency graph — both enable multi-tier supply chain data sharing without centralised platforms. Catena-X product carbon footprint data models overlap with UNTP DPP emissions metrics. The partnership opportunity lies in cross-industry interoperability: automotive supply chains intersect with mining, metals, chemicals, and electronics sectors where UNTP is also active.
Responsible Minerals Initiative / RMAP
Initiative overview
The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) provides tools and resources for companies to make sourcing decisions that improve regulatory compliance and support responsible mineral production. The Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) is an independent third-party audit programme that assesses smelter and refiner management systems against responsible sourcing standards for tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, cobalt, and mica.
UNTP relationship
RMI is a registered UNTP conformity scheme. RMAP smelter audit results can be issued as UNTP Digital Conformity Credentials, providing machine-verifiable proof that a smelter or refiner has been independently and impartially assessed against responsible sourcing criteria. UNTP Digital Traceability Events trace mineral flows through RMAP-audited facilities, enabling downstream manufacturers to demonstrate responsible sourcing for Dodd-Frank, EU Conflict Minerals, and OECD Due Diligence compliance.
Coppermark
Initiative overview
Coppermark is a comprehensive assurance framework for the copper, molybdenum, nickel, and zinc value chains. It assesses mine sites and downstream facilities against 32 ESG criteria covering community, business, environmental, labour, and governance issues, aligned with the UN SDGs and referenced by major industry buyers.
UNTP relationship
Coppermark is a registered UNTP conformity scheme. Coppermark's 32 ESG criteria map to UNTP DCC conformity topics across environmental, social, and governance dimensions. Coppermark assessment results can be issued as UNTP Digital Conformity Credentials, enabling mine operators and processors to provide machine-verifiable proof of responsible production to downstream buyers, regulators, and investors.
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
Initiative overview
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) operates two certification standards: the Performance Standard (covering governance, environment, social, and material stewardship at facility level) and the Chain of Custody Standard (tracking responsible aluminium through the value chain using mass balance or market credits). ASI certification is increasingly referenced by automotive and construction buyers and relevant to EU CBAM compliance.
UNTP relationship
ASI Performance Standard criteria align with UNTP DCC conformity topics. ASI Chain of Custody certification aligns with UNTP DTE chain-of-custody design patterns. ASI-certified facilities can issue UNTP Digital Conformity Credentials as machine-verifiable proof of certification. UNTP DPPs for aluminium products can carry embedded emissions data (supporting CBAM) alongside ASI certification claims.
Textile Exchange
Initiative overview
Textile Exchange develops and manages a suite of fibre and materials standards — including the Organic Content Standard (OCS), Recycled Claim Standard (RCS), Global Recycled Standard (GRS), and Responsible Wool Standard (RWS). These standards provide chain-of-custody certification for sustainable fibres from source to finished textile product.
UNTP relationship
Textile Exchange fibre standards map to UNTP DPP material composition data and DCC conformity claims. Chain-of-custody certification at each supply chain stage can be issued as UNTP Digital Traceability Events and Conformity Credentials. As the EU ESPR phases in textile DPP requirements, Textile Exchange certification data can flow through UNTP credentials to satisfy both voluntary buyer requirements and regulatory obligations.
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Initiative overview
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a multi-stakeholder initiative that develops and implements global standards for sustainable palm oil. RSPO certification covers environmental criteria (no deforestation, no peat, no fire), social criteria (labour rights, community consent), and supply chain models (identity preserved, segregated, mass balance, book and claim).
UNTP relationship
RSPO supply chain certification aligns with UNTP DTE traceability and DCC conformity models. RSPO's supply chain models — particularly identity preserved and segregated — map to UNTP chain-of-custody design patterns. UNTP DTEs can trace palm oil from plantation through mill to refinery with geolocation data supporting EUDR compliance. RSPO certification can be issued as UNTP DCCs, providing machine-verifiable proof of sustainable sourcing.
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
Initiative overview
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is a private-sector-led initiative that developed a disclosure framework for organisations to report on nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities. The TNFD Recommendations (2023) mirror the structure of TCFD (climate) and align with GRI and IFRS/ISSB disclosure standards.
UNTP relationship
UNTP biodiversity and land-use metrics — deforestation-free sourcing, land-use change, biodiversity impact score, protected-area impact, water-stress-area withdrawal — could support product- and facility-level evidence for TNFD nature-related disclosures. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for certifiers to publish conformity against nature-relevant schemes, and UNTP's transparency graph model would support the value-chain visibility TNFD's "locate — evaluate — assess — prepare" (LEAP) approach describes.
Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS)
Initiative overview
The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) is a global membership collaboration that maintains the AWS International Water Stewardship Standard — the leading global framework for sustainable water use at site level. Certification requires operators to demonstrate good water governance, sustainable water balance, good water quality, healthy status of important water-related areas, and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
UNTP relationship
UNTP water metrics — consumption, discharge, recycling rate, water-stress-area withdrawal — align with the AWS Standard's outcome indicators. UNTP DCCs would be a possible mechanism for AWS-recognised auditors to publish certification claims in machine-verifiable form, offering buyers continuously discoverable evidence of site-level water stewardship as an alternative to periodic paper certificates.