Seminar Highlights Bangladesh’s Readiness for EU Digital Product Passport Implementation
A day-long seminar titled "EU Trade Forum: Spotlight on the Digital Product Passport" was recently held at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka to familiarize Bangladesh’s export-oriented industries with the European Union’s (EU) new policy initiative—the Digital Product Passport (DPP).
The event was jointly organized by the Ministry of Commerce and the German Development Agency GIZ, aiming to create a shared understanding of the DPP and assess Bangladesh’s preparedness to align its export sectors with the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).
At the seminar, the chief guest, Mr. Mahbubur Rahman, Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, said, “This type of technology-driven event has been organized in Bangladesh for the first time. He further said that while im...