EcoWise is a great proponent of standards, which are agreed technical specifications that define common requirements on how to implement specific processes or systems. Standards are critical because they allow a wide range of companies and organisations to do things in a similar manner. For example, the size of A4 paper is defined by the global standardisation  organisation ISO in the ISO 216 international standard to be 210 mm x 297 mm, allowing printers globally to use the same paper format. Standards are developed through consensus-based processes involving industry experts, public authorities, consumer organisations and other stakeholders. While most standards are voluntary, some can become mandatory when references in legislation. 

In this section we outline the most important standards that we already have incorporated in our platform or are following to be adopted in the future. 

Compliance with EU DPP standards 

The EU DPP system is being built upon 8 IT standards developed by the European standardisation body CEN-CENELEC Joint Technical committee 24, in which EcoWise is also involved. These standards have been requested to be developed by the EU commission to ensure that the EU DPP system will be interoperable. This means that all IT systems that generate DPPs will be able to communicate and exchange data in the same manner, to make it much easier to provide and retrieve data contained in DPPs. The adherence to the CEN-CENELEC JTC 24 standards will be mandatory under the EU regulation, to also ensure that there is no vendor lock-in for manufacturing companies when using the EcoWise platform or similar DPP platforms. The deadline for the 8 EU DPP standards to be ready is March 2026 based on the latest request from the EU commission to CEN-CENELEC from April 2025. 

Compliance with web3 standards for data exchange, cryptography and security

The EcoWise platform also incorporates established deep-tech and cryptographic standards for specific technical IT systems directly into its platform architecture. A few examples of standards we have incorporated includes:

• The data model for decentralized identifiers (DIDs) from the W3C, which are globally unique, cryptographically verifiable identifiers that do not require a centralized registry.
• The Verifiable Credentials Data Model V1.1 and V2.0 from the W3C which defines a standard way for organisations to present credentials – such as claims about an organisation, individual or product, on the web in a way that is cryptographically secure, respects privacy and enables machine verification.
• The standard for providing linked data in JSON-LD format by the W3C, JSON-LD 1.1 and its API recommendation, that makes it possible for data-points to become semantically searchable within our DPPs using APIs to communicate between IT systems. 
• Standards by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) such as JSON Web Signatures, which allows for digital signatures using JSON based data structures.

Compliance with GS1 standards

The EcoWise platform has incorporated the Digital Link standard setup by the global standards organisation GS1. This standard specifies how a weblink should be setup to include several hundred identifier possibilities inside it for a product, with as the basis the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) that is based on another GS1 standard. Once encoded in a data carrier such as a QR-code, the GS1 Digital Link also allows these identifiers to be available offline. 

EcoWise has also studied other GS1 standards and is able to incorporate these as needed depending on the required use cases. These include:

• The Core Business Vocabulary (CBV)
• The EPCIS 2.0 standard for creating and sharing events, which can be used for supply chain, logistics and product life cycle events. 
• The GS1 GLN Allocation Rules standard
• The GS1 Global Traceability Compliance criteria 
• The GS1 Global Traceability standard
• The GS1 conformant resolver standard

GS1 has also developed a white paper with a data model and validations for integrating verifiable credentials with GTIN numbers of identities, which forms the start of a blueprint for enabling web3 technologies within the GS1 standards driven system.  

Supporting Compliance with product claim data standards

Many product category specific voluntary standards are in place to create a level playing field for companies to make similar claims about a product. For example, the Global Organic Textile Standard for textile products, or the Low emissions Steel Standard (LESS) for steel products. The EcoWise platform can include certificates for such standards to make them available to the end user in the compliance section of the DPPs. However, we do not provide for the compliance to such standards ourselves. 

To support companies instead of providing compliance ourselves, we offer data management support to certification bodies for product claim standards. Our approach is to automate the provisioning of data necessary for certification to lower the cost of compliance for companies, using decentralised web3 based data management services. 

Compliance with supply chain standards

The management of supply chain data is critical to be based on chain of custody standards. These standards define formal procedures and requirements for tracking the origin, handling, movement, and ownership of a product, material, or document through every stage of its lifecycle—from source to final use or disposal.

The foundational standard ISO 22095:2020 of the International Standardisation Organisation governs different models for chain of custodies and their implementation. The EcoWise platform is currently under development to support the accounting across supply chains based on four possible Chain of Custody models, including Identity preservation, Segregation, Controlled blending, and Mass balance, as defined in this standard.

Evaluation of upcoming key standards and recommendations

EcoWise is also evaluating upcoming global standards in the space for product information management and digital product passports across supply chains.

The UN Transparency Protocol, introduced through UNECE Recommendation No. 49. Is under evolution to foster transparency and trust in global trade. EcoWise is studying the UNTP data model to ensure its DPPs and managed information can in the future utilise the UNTP standardised data exchange mechanisms for supply chains. 

The global standardisation organisation ISO and the United National Commission for Europe have started a standardisation proposal effort ISO/PWI 25534-1: Digital Product Passport – Overview and Fundamental Principles. The effort seeks to provide a global framework for DPPs to ensure interoperability across global supply chains.