How It Works

How It Works

A visual overview of how a product becomes a verified Digital Product Passport in Pasera — from the brand defining a product, through factories supplying real data, to a consumer scanning the QR code.

The end-to-end lifecycle

A brand defines a product and a batch, requests data from its factory, the factory (and its sub-suppliers) fill it in, the brand reviews and publishes, and the passport goes live on a QR code.

Your supply chain, mapped

Pasera models the real supplier hierarchy. A single DPP request cascades down the tiers — each supplier only fills the part they’re responsible for, and certificates and facilities are attached at every level.

  • Tier 1 — the factory that assembles the finished product.
  • Tier 2 — fabric mills, dye houses.
  • Tier 3 — yarn spinners, raw-material producers.

When the brand requests data from Tier 1, any linked Tier 2/3 sub-suppliers automatically receive their own request.

From data to a verified passport

The passport isn’t a static form — it’s assembled from the data each party supplies, scored, and cryptographically signed so anyone can verify it.

See PEFCR Methodology and Verification & Trust for the detail behind the scoring and signing.

Who’s involved

  • Brand — owns products, sends DPP requests, reviews submissions, and publishes passports. See the Brand Guide.
  • Factory / supplier — fills the guided production form, manages certificates, and marks production complete. Always free. See the Factory Guide.
  • Sub-suppliers (Tier 2 / 3) — receive and fill their own portion of the chain.
  • Agent — a sourcing or factory agent who manages brands and factories on their behalf, can propose orders, and accept them for a client.
  • Consumer / auditor — scans the QR code to view the passport, and can independently verify it’s genuine and unaltered.

Ready to try it? Start with Getting Started.