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Free ESPR & Digital Product Passport readiness assessment

Free ESPR Readiness Assessment for Fashion, Apparel and Footwear Brands

The EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and Digital Product Passport (DPP) will require a verifiable record of what each product is made of and how it was made. Answer ten quick questions and get your readiness score on screen straight away, plus a board-ready summary by email.

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Five minutes. Your readiness score on screen straight away.

Our Digital Product Passport code was accepted by the EU registry on the day it opened — 20 July 2026.

Cost

Free

Your time

About 5 minutes

Your score

Immediately

How the ESPR compliance self-assessment works

Three steps. Nothing to install, no consultants on site.

1
Tell us who you are and what you sell
Add your details, product categories, product range size and markets.
2
Answer ten questions about the data you hold
No documents are needed to start, and the questionnaire takes about five minutes.
3
See your score straight away
Review the scorecard on screen, then book a debrief if you want it checked against your actual data.

Your Digital Product Passport readiness score and report

Three useful outputs, with no manual report or waiting.

A scored readiness scorecard

Your instant red, amber and green position across eight readiness domains, with the three things to fix first.

A board-ready summary

A readable summary of your score, domains and priorities sent straight to your inbox.

An optional 30-minute debrief

Lavinia checks your automated score against your actual product data and evidence. No obligation to buy anything.

Sample DPP readiness scorecard

An ESPR gap analysis your board can read

Every domain is rated red, amber or green, with the evidence we could and couldn't find behind each rating. You can hand the summary page to your board without translating it first.

Illustrative example. Your scorecard uses your own categories, markets and answers.

Example readiness scorecard showing eight domains rated red, amber or green with an overall readiness score

Who we've worked with

What the debrief adds

Your instant score is automated from your answers. In the debrief, Lavinia checks it against your actual product data and tells you the three things to fix first.

Lavinia Fernandes — Founder, Symolem

How we score you

The START Framework

Your answers are scored across eight readiness domains, grouped under the five layers of our START framework — Standards, Transparency, Accountability, Responsibility and Transition. The scorecard tells you which layer is holding you back.

Start

Transition

Transition turns readiness into action. This layer covers adoption strategy, stakeholder engagement, training, and capability building so organisations can implement change with confidence.

Responsibility

Responsibility defines who owns what across the value chain. This layer covers policy advisory, EPR architecture, and governance that can hold up under scrutiny.

Accountability

Accountability makes the system testable. This layer covers MRV, product-level evidence, and auditable impact measurement so organisations can prove what they say.

Transparency

Transparency makes the system visible. This layer covers Digital Product Passport strategy, data architecture, and the product identity needed to connect regulation, product design, and downstream recovery.

Standards

We begin with standards because systems need a clear rulebook before they can be built. This layer covers regulatory gap analysis, product and category prioritisation, and the standards that shape ESPR readiness.

Standards

Transparency

Accountability

Accountability makes the system testable. This layer covers MRV, product-level evidence, and auditable impact measurement so organisations can prove what they say.

Responsibility

Responsibility defines who owns what across the value chain. This layer covers policy advisory, EPR architecture, and governance that can hold up under scrutiny.

Transition

Transition turns readiness into action. This layer covers adoption strategy, stakeholder engagement, training, and capability building so organisations can implement change with confidence.

Who the fashion compliance assessment is for

Sustainability, compliance and product leaders at fashion, footwear and textile brands that sell into the EU or UK — whether you're starting from zero or checking work already underway. The assessment is free and there is no obligation to buy anything afterwards.

Before you start

ESPR readiness assessment FAQs

Because most brands don't yet know what data they hold. The automated score gives you a useful starting point immediately; if you want it checked against your actual data, you can book an optional debrief.

Your answers are used to calculate your scorecard and email your summary. We never share them with third parties or use them in benchmarks that could identify you. You can ask us to delete everything at any point.

About five minutes. If you book a debrief, that's a further 30 minutes.

Yes, and it's often more useful. The assessment checks work already underway against the actual regulatory requirements and shows where the coverage stops. In our reviews of existing DPP and product-data work, coverage is usually a fraction of the fields brands will be asked for.

If you sell into the EU, yes — the obligations follow the product, not the company's address. If you sell only in the UK, the rules are on a slower track but the underlying data work is the same, so the scorecard still gives you a useful baseline.

Nothing, unless you want it to. You keep the scorecard and emailed summary. If you want help closing the gaps identified against your actual data, we'll quote separately.