Conference: Sustainability of Products

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The New European Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation will have a significant impact on the future markets for consumer and commercial products design and the circular economy.

Product durability, reusability, reparability, carbon and environmental footprints as well as the new Digital Product Passport are important sustainable requirements that have to be considered in placing products in the European market.

Our conference "Sustainability of Products" offers you the unique opportunity to build up deeper knowledge about upcoming regulations and standards. This is important for each economic operator in the European market and essential for decision makers for existing and for new product developments.
Conference: Sustainability of Products
October 24, 2023
9 am – 5.30 pm (CET)

TÜV Rheinland AG
Am Grauen Stein
51105 Köln

Registration until: October 13, 2023
Participation fee: 295 € plus VAT
Your take aways

  • Participants will receive first-hand information on the implementation of the upcoming new Ecodesign Regulation from experts.
  • The main aspects of circular economy legislation in Europe in relation to sustainable ecodesign requirements for consumer and commercial products will be made transparent.
  • Participants will gain a deeper insight into the industry with initial experience of sustainable products and verification of ecodesign requirements. 
  • Understanding the background to the Green Claims Directive and its significance in the context of the new Ecodesign Directive and the planned new Digital Product Passport for Sustainable Products is another important learning content.
Look forward to exciting presentations and lively discussions
We will explore challenges, discuss approaches to solutions and gain insights into the future development of sustainability. In seven exciting presentations we will provide you with important information and insights from the everyday life of our experts. Here you will find our agenda:
9.00 am
Welcome participants
12.30 am
Lunch break
10.00 am
DR. MICHAEL FÜBI (CEO TÜV Rheinland)
Conference Opening
1.30 pm
SUSANNE JORRE
Life Cycle Assessment in practice
Whether it's a household appliance, luminaire, smartphone, office chair, electric bike or toy, the product carbon footprint and life cycle assessment will become part of the product's DNA in the future and one of the most important criteria in the ECO product design.  
10.15 am
NILS BEHRNDT
Keynote Speech: ESPR and Green Claims – Outlook from the European Commission
The new Regulation on ECO Design for Sustainable Products and the Green Claim Directive are in the legislative process of EU organizations, with some groundbreaking requirements for products. The keynote covers an outlook on the ongoing legislative procedures, with the motives, backgrounds, and expectations, but also the question how affected manufacturers can influence the individual regulations for the various product groups that will follow.
1.50 pm
DIRK GRATZEL
Sustainability strategies that work – Reduction versus Compensation
Current discussions on sustainable consumer products relate to the reduction and compensation principles to minimize greenhouse gases and other environmental impacts.
Which product strategies and measures for environmental-neutral products exists and which are really effective and goal-oriented in the long term?
11.00 am
KATHRIN SCHMIDPETER
Right to repair & reparability – regulatory requirements and their evaluation in product design
Repairability is a key to longevity for products and waste avoidance and therefore becoming a de facto design criterion. This development will accelerate the directive with the "right to repair" and make more demands for the repairability of products. Draft directives and standards are available, a good time to apply them to products and take a look at initial evaluations.
2.10 pm
STEFFEN TÜMPTNER
Recycling materials requirements for the circular economy
Circular economy requires quality-assured recycling. The challenges of material selection, traceability, the proportion of recycled material in a product or component, and particularly the qualification of materials for compliance with regulatory requirements require various solutions for manufacturers and suppliers.
11.30 am
FALLIGHT XU
ECO design Third-Party Product Certification network GEN and The Green Product Mark
The certification of sustainability requirements via independent accredited third-party bodies is gaining importance on international markets, a consequence of the case law on greenwashing and green claims. The international network GEN aims to simplify product certifications of different certification bodies for manufacturers. Certification procedures for sustainable products must be adapted to the new regulations, which must be demonstrated.
2.30 pm
TIM SCHOJOHANN
Digital Product Passport Outlook under the ESPR
The Digital Product Passport will get mandatory in Europe soon. Time to have a look into the new legal requirements landscape and its implications on today's operations. Rather than presenting a regulatory burden, the Digital Product Passport should enable efficient data validity controls across value chains to foster digital trust and enhance product life cycles through reliable information. In order to fulfill its purpose for the different economic operators, consumers and authorities, the Digital Product Passport must ensure verifiable product information in a secure and transparent way that matches diverse IT landscapes and processes, consumer expectations as well as regulatory control mechanisms.
12.00 am
STEFFEN WASMUS
Ambition to exceed legal requirements – getting more eco-design into the DTAG device portfolio
The ambition to be the leading European telco also in sustainability not only entails to become green in its own operation but includes as well making the device portfolio greener. This requires a close cooperation with partners in the supply chain. This presentation tells the story of motivating the partners to drive eco-design, but on the other hand does not conceal the challenges on route.
2.50 pm
Expert discussion
3.30 pm
Come-together
Streetfood truck „Currywurst und Kölsch“
Our experts
The conference is a unique opportunity to get comprehensive information about the latest developments in sustainability. Use this platform to exchange ideas with our experts, make valuable contacts and learn from best practices.
Nils Behrndt is Deputy Director General Directorate, General Justice and Consumers, DG JUST in the European Commission which is responsible for the EU policy on justice, consumer rights and gender equality
Susanne Jorre is Sustainability Expert at TÜV Rheinland and is very active with Carbon Footprint calculations and Life Cycle Assessments for a wide range of products.
Kathrin Schmidpeter is Product Manager at TÜV Rheinland and manages a wide range of testing services for consumer small and large appliances with a focus on Eco-design requirements.
Dr. Dirk Gratzel is Managing Director and co-founder of GREENZERO, which provides environmental services for companies, organizations and cities along the entire transformation process up to environmental neutrality.
Fallight Xu is Senior Expert and Business Development Manager Cross Business – Sustainability at TÜV Rheinland and Member of the Global Eco Network GEN with a focus in standardization, Environmental, Social and Governance Analysis.
Steffen Tümptner is Head of Technical Competence Center Softlines at TÜV Rheinland and his focus is on analytics of materials.
Steffen Wasmus is Senior Quality Assurance Manager at Deutsche Telekom AG. In this role, he deals with the Lifecycle and sustainable product requirements of the telco devices.
Tim Schojohann is business technologist and CEO of Cryptar. He deals with digital trust through verifiable data validity and focuses on business relevant decentralization and immutability requirements to enable pragmatic solutions for scaling trust.
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