Digital product passport brings transparency to the circular economy
Sky-Frame AG has published a digital product passport with a cradle-to-cradle compass. Developed by epeaswitzerland, this tool provides information on the window manufacturer's supply chains and the returnability of its products, among other things.
Sky-Frame AG, based in Frauenfeld, offers its customers frameless sliding windows manufactured in Switzerland. The recyclability of the products plays a major role in this. The company has now launched a digital product passport with a Cradle to Cradle Compass to provide information on the extent to which the products used comply with the strict Cradle to Cradle circular economy principle.
The Digital Product Passport Compass Cradle to Cradle (DPPCCC) was developed by epeaswitzerland in Widnau. It is based on the digital product passports that, according to an EU regulation, are to be gradually introduced for all products sold in the EU. It evaluates Sky-Frame products according to a series of criteria, such as their performance, recyclability and energy consumption. It makes the company’s supply chains transparent and proves the recyclability of the company’s products.
“The frameless windows and sliding doors manufactured in Switzerland create an extraordinary architectural, boundless spatial experience with spectacular views. Together with the ‘Digital Product Passport Compass Cradle to Cradle’ tool from epeaswitzerland, we are committed to a new level of transparency, identity, orientation and compliance with future EU legislation,” says Michael Fuchsberger, Head of QM & Sustainability at Sky-Frame AG, on further aspects of the DPPCCC. For example, it provides information about the supply chain and options for returning Sky-Frame products. In addition, the information can be structured and displayed in detail according to aspects such as material health or various areas of suitability for the circular economy.
“As a globally active company, Sky-Frame has once again demonstrated its pioneering role with the introduction of the Digital Product Passport Compass Cradle to Cradle from epeaswitzerland,” says Albin Kälin, founder and managing director of epeaswitzerland.