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A passportfor every product.
Filovera Passportis a Digital Product Passport SaaS built for small and mid-sized textile manufacturers. One QR code per product. Customers scan it to see materials, origin, repair instructions, recycling pathway, and provenance in any language. You upload data once; Filovera renders the passport, hosts it on a permanent URL, and keeps it compliant with the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).
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A product passport, not a paperwork project.
Passport.is built for textile SMBs who need ESPR compliance without an enterprise PLM bill. Same scan-first DNA as Hovermarks Inspection, applied to the product, not the asset.
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Scannable, anywhere
Every product gets a permanent URL behind a single QR code or NFC tag. Customers scan with their phone camera. No app, no login.
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Materials & origin
Fibre composition, country of origin, supplier provenance, certifications (GOTS, OEKO-TEX, GRS). Versioned per SKU + production run.
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Repair & recycle
Care instructions, repair guides, take-back schemes, recycling pathway. Multilingual by default. Filovera translates from a single source-of-truth language.
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Tamper-evident
Hash-chained audit log on every passport edit. Same tech that runs Hovermarks Inspection. If a record is altered after publish, the chain breaks and your customer sees a verified-history badge.
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EU ESPR ready
Templates align with the textile delegated act drafts, including DPP data points the European Commission has signalled as priority for textile in 2027-2028.
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Same-day onboarding
Upload your SKU sheet, map columns once, get back passport URLs ready to print. No ERP integration required for v1.
See a real passport in action.
Atlas Organic Cotton Crewneck Tee. A real published passport on Filovera, scannable from your phone or openable in a tab. This is what your customers see when they scan the QR sewn into a care label.
Specimen passport · ATL-TEE-OC-001
Atlas Organic Cotton Crewneck Tee
Atelier Linum (sample workspace). GTIN 05060987654011.
Materials
Cotton 100% (GOTS, Spain). Woven neck label + stitching thread, organic cotton.
Production
Lot ATL-TEE-2026-LOT-001, 18 Apr 2026, Portugal. Batch of 600 units. 220g weight.
Footprint
6.8 kg CO₂e per unit. 980 L water per unit. PEFCR grade B (410 points).
Care + durability
30°C max wash, line dry. 36-month warranty. Repairability 8 of 10.
Supply chain
Tier 1 cut-and-sew Portugal (FairWear). Tier 2 spinner Spain (GOTS, Oeko-Tex).
Status
Published, signed, tamper-evident audit log attached.
Scan to view
Point your phone camera. No app, no login. Opens in your browser.
GTIN 05060987654011
Score your ESPR readiness in three minutes.
Twelve questions covering supplier visibility, per-SKU material data, certifications, care instructions, and PLM infrastructure. Weighted score plus category-level gap analysis with specific remediation advice. No signup, results in your browser, no data leaves the page.
0 to 30%
Not started
Significant preparation required. Runway is real but achievable if you start now.
31 to 59%
Early stage
Foundations in progress. Focus the next quarter on the highest-weight gaps.
60 to 79%
Advanced
Load-bearing work done. Close specific gaps rather than building foundations.
80 to 100%
ESPR-ready
Structural foundations in place. Remaining work is polish and hardening.
12 questions · ~3 minutes · no signup
EU regulation is closer than most teams realise.
The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) was adopted in 2024 and is now in delegated-act stage. Textile is one of three priority sectors named in the regulation (alongside batteries and electronics), meaning textile products entering the EU market will need a Digital Product Passport from a date the Commission has signalled as 2027 at the latest for high-impact categories.
Most SMB textile manufacturers don't have a PLM that can produce a DPP. Enterprise tools (Centric, Bamboo Rose, PTC FlexPLM) start at five-figure annual contracts and assume a CAD pipeline the SMB doesn't use. The gap is the same one Filovera Inspection serves on the asset side: affordable, scan-first SaaS for a buyer who can't justify enterprise.
- ESPR applies to non-EU manufacturers who export to the EU. The obligation is on whoever places the product on the market.
- GS1 has aligned with the European Commission on the underlying QR / Digital Link standard, so passports stay portable across retailers.
- Consumer-facing brands (Decathlon, H&M, Patagonia) are already piloting DPPs ahead of the mandate. Pressure on suppliers will start before the regulation does.
What this looks like in the UK.
ESPR is an EU regulation, but it covers any UK brand selling into the EU market. Post-Brexit, the obligation falls on whoever places the product on the market, which means UK manufacturers and retailers exporting to EU customers are in scope from the day the textile delegated act applies.
The UK is also moving on its own track. The CMA Green Claims Code guidance published 22 January 2026 carries penalties up to 10 percent of global turnover for unsubstantiated environmental claims. The DEFRA EPR consultationon textile producer responsibility is under way. UK retailers (M&S, John Lewis, Asos, Next) are already piloting DPP-style provenance disclosure ahead of regulation.
- UK retailer pressure first: M&S Plan A, John Lewis sustainability commitments, Asos transparency disclosures already ask suppliers for traceability data.
- CMA Green Claims Code: 10 percent of global turnover penalty for unsubstantiated environmental claims, in force as of 22 January 2026.
- DEFRA EPR consultation on textiles signalled for 2027 to 2028 alignment with EU ESPR, with potential UK-specific data fields on top of the EU schema.
The country-by-country comparison sits on the blog at Digital Product Passport by country.
Small and mid-sized textile manufacturers.
If you run 10-500 SKUs through a small production team and the words 'PLM rollout' make you wince, Passport.is for you.
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Cut-and-sew shops & contract manufacturers
Producing for brand-owned labels who need DPPs from suppliers.
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Owned-brand SMBs (DTC + wholesale)
Putting your own labels on garments, footwear, home textiles.
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Mills & finishers
Selling fabric to brands who are about to need full supply-chain provenance.
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Sustainable / circular brands
DPP is your evidence that the recycled-content claim is real.
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Workwear & uniform suppliers
B2B procurement is already asking for material disclosure.
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Heritage / craft producers
Provenance is your differentiator. Passport makes it permanent and verifiable.
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Be ESPR-ready before the
deadline catches you.
Onboard your first SKUs, invite a supplier, publish your first scannable passport, all on your free 14-day trial. No credit card required.