Developed in partnership with digital passport infrastructure firm Kinset, the new library is now available on the World Collective website. It aims to help brands respond to pending EU regulations on digital product passports (DPP) for fashion products.
According to World Collective, the collection offers certified and traceable materials structured in line with the evolving data standards for DPP compliance.
The precise requirements for the EU Digital Product Passport are still being defined, and industry observers have noted that many brands have delayed preparations in the absence of final rules and deadlines.
However, World Collective and Kinset maintain that assembling the necessary traceable supplier data typically takes years.
In a post on LinkedIn, World Collective states that the new library enables brands to specify materials already verified and ready to meet the anticipated DPP data structure.
At launch, the library includes nine materials from three suppliers, each of which has been third-party tested and certified before inclusion.
All materials come with structured data covering composition, fibre origin, environmental footprint, and chain-of-custody information, a feature which, World Collective claims, allows integration with any compliance system now or in the future.
The company also reports that further suppliers are currently undergoing verification for future inclusion.
World Collective co-founder and CEO Jeanine Ballone said: “We are building the compliance foundation the entire next decade of fashion trade will require. Brands sourcing here will not be scrambling when the deadline lands. The compliance work has already been done at the supplier level. That changes what brands can do in the next twelve months.”
World Collective further states that the supplier-level data model behind DPP compliance also aligns with other regulatory requirements, including Extended Producer Responsibility, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and the Green Claims Directive.
The platform claims the new library enables brands to meet DPP compliance not by retrofitting processes, but by sourcing materials already structured to regulatory data standards.
The sourcing platform currently offers over 550 vetted, certified, data-embedded materials, connecting brands with verified suppliers across major sourcing markets.
