Spherity Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to our sphere!Spherity is building decentralized identity-management solutions to power the 4th Industrial Revolution, bringing secure identities (“Digital Twins”) to humans, companies, products, or machines. The podcast season provides an overview of the “New EU Battery Regulation,” which requires that all batteries in the future be issued a digital product passport, along with how companies can achieve compliance with Spherity’s Digital Product Passport technology.Spherity’s podcast season features interviews with people who have influenced the legislation or contributed to the success of the digital product passport. Several aspects of the digital product passport will be discussed, including its environmental and business impact, its history, and its future that our experts predict. It discusses how companies can reach its compliance with the Spherity’s Digital Product Passport technology.Listen to the discussion with industry, research, and legal experts, moderated by our Chief Innovation & Solutions Officer, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski. Don’t miss the next episode by following us on LinkedIn and Twitter at @spherityproject.
In this episode, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski is interviewing Anh Dao, a Professor at the University of Toronto, the owner of a consulting firm for supply management and data strategy, and also a member of the EU-funded project CIRPASS. Anh is focusing on the impact of the digital product passport for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Therefore you will find answers to the following SME-related topics in this podcast:
- What does the DPP mean for #SMEs? How do they feel about it?
- What does the DPP mean for SMEs outside Europe?
- What #benefits does the DPP bring to SMEs?
- What new #businessmodels do you see for SMEs as a side effect of the DPP?
- What are the needs of SMEs for the DPP system?
Tune in to hear about the latest research findings that accompany the DPP installation in Europe!
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Many people from the industry ask: How does the verifiable data get into the Digital Product Passport? How can a company prove that the raw materials they use are ESG compliant? How can someone trust the carbon footprint that is declared by a company? And how can manufacturers prove their operating licenses and certifications to their downstream supply chain partners?
Tune into this podcast episode with the clear-sighted Nancy Norris, from British Columbia Government (Canada), who talks about their lighthouse project Energy & Mines Digital Trust ecosystem (EMDT). EMTD is building up an ecosystem for their mines, to be able to digitally proof compliance to industry partners and thus make British Columbia raw materials attractive to global markets.
The Energy & Mines Digital Trust ecosystem is based on verifiable credentials and decentralized company identifiers.
Listen to this episode to understand how verifiable information is added to digital product passports!
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In this episode, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski is speaking to Andreas Weiss, Head of Digital Business Models at the eco - Association of the Internet Industry based in Cologne, Germany. Gaia-X technologies have the potential to implement the Digital Product Passport and Andreas is in the driver’s seat of many activities around Gaia-X and their Federation Services. In addition, Gaia-X is also the technological basis of Catena-X, an initiative in the automotive industry that aims to build the #digitalproductpassport for #batteries.
What is Gaia-X and why is it important? What investment is needed by companies to participate in Gaia-X?
What are the out-of-the-box functionalities of Gaia-X to build the DPP?
What are Federations?
How can Gaia-X support the goals of the European Green Deal?
Where can Gaia-X and the DPP be found in the latest German Party Programs?
Last but not least for Gaia-X enthusiasts: Do we need a Product Credential Manager?
Tune in, if you want to find answers to the questions above!
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In this podcast, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski discussed with Julia Poliscanova the political and regulatory situation around Electronic Vehicles and the Digital Product Passport. Julia Poliscanova is Senior Director, Electric Vehicles & Batteries at Transport & Environment. She is also a board member of the Global Battery Alliance. In her role, she is advising policymakers in Brussels on how the change to sustainable mobility can be achieved. The following questions have been discussed in this episode:
What does Robert Habeck need to achieve in the U.S., when discussing the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act? How should public money be used to subsidize the mobility transition?
Do we need subsidies for EVs?
Are the current timelines too long to implement the Green Deal?
Why does the EU not put the same speed on pushing electronic vehicles into the market, as they have done with COVID-19 vaccines or alternatives to Russian gas?
How can electronic vehicles become more attractive to end customers?
How important is the verifiability of product information in the automotive industry?
How can the DPP help to make better decisions and how can it be used as a trusted information source for the customer, the industry, and the regulators?
What additional regulations to implement the green deal can we expect?
Tune in and enjoy Brussels’ current affairs!
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In this episode, Susanne Guth-Orlowski, invites Josef Schön from Corporate Strategy and Sustainability Management at Audi. He is the representative of the Global Battery Alliance for the entire Volkswagen Group, which includes Audi, VW, Skoda, Seat, Cupra, Lamborghini, Bentley, Ducati, and Porsche.
What does a car manufacturer think about the upcoming battery passport? Yet another regulation to fulfill? What do the customers want, and how has their definition of lifestyle changed in the last years? How do the supply chain act, the battery regulation, the corporate sustainability due diligence regulation, the upcoming critical raw materials act, and other regulations overlap? What are the biggest hurdles for the #battery passport to become successful?
To get some answers to these questions, tune into our latest product passport pioneers podcast!
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In this episode, Susanne Guth-Orlowski interviews Adrian von Mühlenen, Product Owner of Material Passport at Catena-X and is working for BASF. He gives us an introduction to Catena-X, explains what the goal of Catena-X is, and how it currently is defining a pre-competitive technical reference framework to meet the regulatory requirements of the Battery Regulation, such as the Battery Passport.
Where does the X in Catena-X come from? What are Zero-Knowledge Proofs? What data is required in the battery passport? How can a battery passport system ensure business confidentiality, but at the same time provide supply chain data? How does Catena-X relate to the work that is done in the Global Battery Alliance? What potential does the Battery Passport bring us beyond regular compliance? What is the difference between the material passport, the battery passport, a digital twin, and the asset administration shell?
If you do not have answers to these questions, please tune into this informative interview with Adrian and Susanne!
In this episode, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski is talking to Dr. Johannes Simböck, Team Lead of Battery Pass of Acatech. Acatech (Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften, or German National Academy of Science and Engineering, is advising the government and society about various technology-related topics in an independent, evidence-based way. Acatech has been one of the first organizations in Germany to look into the digital product passport and they are a member of the “Battery Pass” consortium, funded by the German Government of Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Dr. Johannes Simböck reports on the current status of the project and what role Acatech is playing.
Is the legal text precise enough to build the battery passport from it? What are the advantages of the decentralized approach? Tune in to learn Dr. Simböck’s view and policy recommendations!
In this episode, we speak to Mario Malzacher, CO-Founder of @CircularFashion. Mario is driving the circular economy in the textile industry. He heads and participates in research projects of the BMWK (Produktinformation 4.0) and the European Commission (CIRPASS) and a standards group at DIN to help define standards and the way forward of the digital product passport for textiles.
Mario gives an overview of Circular Fashion, the circularity.ID they invented for the fashion industry, the textile sorting stations Circular Fashion invented, and other industry projects he participates in. His examples of how Digital Product Passports are used for recycling, repair, and reuse in the textiles industry make the DPP concept more tangible. Tune in to learn where the textiles industry is heading to wrt circularity, product identification, product information, and also new business models.
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In this episode, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski speaks with Michele Galatola, Senior Policy Officer, Euroßean Commission, DG Grow, and “Father of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)” about the new ESPR (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation) regulation. Mr. Galatola explains the timelines for implementing the ESPR that announces the digital product passport for various product categories. He also sheds some light to what EU Customs needs from the digital product passport solution to ensure that only products enter the EU which comply with the ESPR.
Michele comments on how the lately started CIRPASS project is helping the European Commission to validate the DPP concept in three different product categories. Also, he stresses that the DPP can help companies to get more transparency and control over their supply chains and thus improve their resource resilience in these politically difficult times.
Tune in to be up to speed on the latest developments of DPP, the current activities are driven by the European Commission, and why it made the decision to push - for the first time - a decentralized approach to implement it.
Circulor is one of the most advanced supply chain traceability companies on the market. The CEO, Douglas Johnson-Poensgen, was so kind as to give us an interview about Circulors’ activities in the area of measuring #sustainability and carbon neutrality. Working on the battery passport, he explains Circulor’s relation to the Global Battery Alliance, Cartena-X, Gaia-X and the project “Battery Pass” funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Finally, he gives some insights about the challenges he sees in building the digital product passport for batteries by 2026, as required by the new EU battery regulation, and how the development could evolve in the next ten years.
Tune-in to learn what supply chain data most industries need to fulfill their regulatory compliance.
“What is the real promise of the digital product passport?” Tune in to this episode to find out the answer from Tilman Vahle. In this episode Tilmann is introducing the companySystemiqand their work as consortium leader of the research project “Battery Pass”, funded by the Germany Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action. He introduced all consortium members and what will be their role in the project.
Tilmann talks about the goals of the Battery Pass project and how it will relate to already existing initiatives, such as the Global Battery Alliance and work within #Cartena-X. He introduced all consortium members which areacatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften | AUDI AG | BASF | BMW Group | Circulor | FIWARE | Fraunhofer IPK | SYSTEMIQ Ltd. | TWAICE | Umicore | VDE Renewables GmbH(through subcontracting) | Global Battery Alliance, GS1 | RWEGeneration and what their role in the project will be.
Tune in to understand how the automotive industry is involved in building the #BatteryPass to comply with the new EU Battery Regulation but also what their business confidentiality requirements are. Tilmann also explains how the new EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation impacts the work of the consortium. It is discussed what the #battery_pass has to do with Gaia-x, decentralised identities, and how a solution can be made available to thousands of actors in the value chain.
As an associated partner to the consortium,Spheritywill support the group in achieving project success! Please share the podcast and give it a thumbs up!
In this episode, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski, Chief Innovation & Solution Officer at Spherity, talks to Ilias Iakovidis, Adviser of the European Commission, DG Connect, who has worked on the definition of the digital product passport in both legislations, the new Battery Regulation and the Proposal for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation.
Mr. Iakovidis provides background information about the various upcoming EU Circular Economy legislations, how these legislations are interrelated, and the role of the European Commission supporting their implementation. The interview clarifies that the digital product passport will be mandated for many product categories to reach the Green Deal starting from batteries, textiles, and buildings.
The podcast also covers what the European Commission expects from the industry to make the product passport a success, the biggest obstacles during its implementation, and what the DPP can accomplish in the next five to ten years.
Mr. Iakovidis emphasizes that the European Commission is aiming at a decentralised product passport solution that allows for business confidentiality, data sovereignty, and data verifiability.
Welcome to the first episode of Product Passport Pioneers, a Spherity podcast season with interviews of people that have influenced the legislation of the digital product passport or have an impact on its success. Various aspects of the digital product passport will be discussed, such as its environmental and business impact, its history, and the DPPs future that our experts forecast.
In this episode, Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski, Chief Innovation & Solution Officer at Spherity, is joined by Dr. Torsten Freund, Head of Project Management “Battery Passport” at Global Battery Alliance (GBA), who leads the GBA program to develop first prototypes of the GBA Battery Passport for Vehicle Batteries.
Starting with a short introduction of the GBA and its goals, Dr. Torsten Freund explains the challenges of building a digital product passport and its importance for reaching the circular economy for batteries.