Sphera Launches New Product Sustainability Compliance Solutions

Sustainability and operational risk management software provider Sphera announced the launch of new AI-powered sustainability solutions and product compliance capabilities, aimed at helping companies assess the environmental impact of their products and comply with evolving regulatory requirements.

According to Sphera, as the ability to prove a product is compliant, sustainable and transparent increasingly determines whether it can be sold, and amidst increasing regulations focused on product sustainability, such as the EU’s upcoming Digital Product Passport, and its new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

A Sphera survey of 300 product stewardship leaders in the US, U.K. and Germany found that 42% of respondents cited market access and customer requirements as factors driving investment decisions, compared with 39% citing compliance and risk reduction, while respondents also identified regulatory and market requirements (41%), data quality (40%) and systems and scalability (39%) among their top challenges. Sphera said that the EU’s Digital Product Passport requirements, which will bring product compliance and sustainability information together in a single digital record, will increase the need for integrated product data.

According to the company, the new sustainability solutions, powered by Sphera AI, automate the mapping of product information to environmental datasets and help companies identify lower-impact materials. Key features of the new solutions include allowing users to generate carbon footprints, life cycle assessments and environmental product declarations across product portfolios.

Alongside the sustainability solutions, Sphera introduced new product compliance capabilities designed to help companies maintain safety data sheets and labels across jurisdictions, collect supplier declarations and generate signed declarations of conformity for packaging under the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

Paul Marushka, CEO and president of Sphera, said:

“It is no longer enough for a product to be compliant. Customers, OEMs and regulators now expect products to also be sustainable and transparent, and increasingly that decides whether it can reach the market. Companies that invest in building a trusted product data foundation will stay competitive as requirements change.”