The EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is redefining the design requirements for products placed on the EU market. The rules will arrive product group by product group, through delegated acts, together with the Digital Product Passport (DPP). For many companies, the question is no longer whether to act, but where to start.
To address this need, Matrec offers ESPR Assessment, its proprietary tool for evaluating a company’s level of readiness against the ecodesign requirements set out in the ESPR Regulation.

Who it is for
ESPR Assessment is designed for companies that want to understand in advance which areas require action, including strategy, design, resource management and data systems, before the Regulation’s delegated acts and the DPP become fully binding. The supply chain is a further consideration: suppliers will be required to provide their customers with the information required by the Regulation and the DPP, and companies will need to be able to collect, verify and integrate it into their own systems.
At the end of the process, Matrec provides a practical action plan to close the gaps identified and guide the company towards full compliance.

How it works
The assessment process comprises five stages:

• Identification of the reference sector and bespoke development of the KPIs.
• Meeting and assisted assessment, to verify the extent to which the identified KPIs are applied against the ESPR requirements.
• Gap analysis and evaluation of the results for each of the four areas.
• Presentation of the results, highlighting the areas of non-compliance with the ESPR requirements.
• Preparation of an action plan for alignment and compliance.

Addressing compliance before the rules become binding makes it possible to plan actions and investments in an orderly way, rather than managing them under pressure.

Would you like to know where your company stands? Contact Matrec to start your ESPR Assessment.