A Digital Product Passport brands can defend: Bombiix announces strategic partnership with EmVide by Riskoa
Bombiix announces strategic partnership with EmVide by Riskoa, the AI-powered, human-qualified Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) platform, to help brands produce Digital Product Passports (DPP) that possess the depth, quality and accuracy required to withstand the growing complexity and scrutiny of the new regulations.
For the last few years, the fashion and textile industry has been preparing for the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). Brands have made moves towards improving product traceability and managing product and sustainability data more effectively to prepare for the upcoming DPP requirements.
However, until now, DPPs have largely been viewed as forward-looking, aspirational - and even voluntary - by much of the industry.
As regulations harden, the conversation around passports has shifted from “creating a DPP” to “creating a DPP that is trustworthy”. DPPs have moved from a nice-to-have to a procurement requirement, and brands must be able to defend their DPP, not just provide the data.
Bombiix and EmVide by Riskoa have come together to address this urgent need:
Bombiix provides the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) that allows brands to collate and structure DPP data from day one of product development. EmVide by Riskoa provides the life cycle and environmental data, produced on its AI-native platform and governed by qualified practitioners against recognised standards.
Together, this partnership not only helps brands create DPPs quickly and efficiently but also produce passports with accurate, quality data that’s worth trusting.
And it’s that trust that is fast-becoming a market necessity.
“A Digital Product Passport is only as trustworthy as the data inside it. Bombiix and EmVide by Riskoa make the data inside it trustworthy. And we’re saying so before the rest of the market realises it matters” - Roger Singleton, Chief Executive Officer at Riskoa Ltd.
The proof's in the passport - product data connected to PLM and LCA
The partnership between Bombiix and EmVide by Riskoa goes beyond a simple integration. It offers brands the depth, quality and trust required from their DPP data.
There is real lifecycle modelling behind the number, so when a customer or regulator asks “how do you know”, there’s a definite answer.
The data is governed and practitioner-assured, built to recognised standards (EN 15804+A2 and the wider LCA/EPD framework), not generated and hoped-for.
And finally, there are mechanisms that let the data withstand scrutiny: assurance, traceability, and a clear route to independent verification. The passport doesn’t just claim, it can prove.
Here’s a bit more about how it works:
Bombiix provides an advanced digital platform that enables brands to capture, structure and manage product data across the full product lifecycle. The platform supports Digital Product Passport creation, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Digital Asset Management (DAM), Product Information Management (PIM) and supplier connectivity through one scalable system.
EmVide by Riskoa is an AI-powered software company focused on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - the process of analysing a product's environmental impact across its lifecycle.
Because Bombiix structures product data at source, EmVide can take a clean bill of materials and produce a governed assessment in around 48 hours, where the industry norm is weeks or months. The speed comes from the data being right on the way in, not from cutting corners on the way through.
“Partnering with Emvide by Riskoa allows Bombiix to offer a complete DPP solution for our clients. It brings together all of the product-specific data with a recognised LCA partner to simplify the demands of producing quality DPPs,” says Neil Weaver, Chief Executive Officer at Bombiix.
Emerging leaders collaborating to meet growing industry demand
Bombiix and EmVide’s parent company Riskoa met at a Digital Catapult Programme.
Both companies recognised for being emerging leaders in delivering digital solutions that support the sustainability and circular economy agenda.
“We immediately recognised the huge potential in working together to deliver a DPP and LCA solution,” reveals Lucy Blackley, CPO and Founder of Bombiix who is currently working towards an MA in Data Science, AI and Modelling:
“EmVide by Riskoa is AI-led, but human qualified, making it an affordable solution to the many brands who are overwhelmed by the demands of DPP requirements.”
