SPACE_DS: Towards a Circular Economy Data Space

André Pomp, Maike Jansen, Holger Berg, Tobias Meisen

Abstract: The circular economy (CE) is essential to achieving a sustainable future through resource conservation and climate protection. Efficient use of materials and products over time is a critical aspect of CE, helping to reduce CO2 emissions, waste and resource consumption. The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a CE-specific approach that contains information about components and their origin, and can also provide environmental and social impact assessments. However, creating a DPP requires collecting and analyzing data from many different stakeholders along the supply chain and even throughout the product lifecycle. In this paper, we present a concept for the SPACE_DS, which is a data space for circular economy data. A key point here is that the SPACE_DS enables the creation of DPPs by especially considering privacy and security concerns of data providers.