DENSO and TUV Rheinland Japan Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Realize Sustainable Product Development and to Promote Digital Product Passport

KARIYA, JAPAN, September 29, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) –DENSO CORPORATION (Headquarters: Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture; President: Shinnosuke Hayashi, hereinafter described as “DENSO”) and TÜV Rheinland Japan, Ltd. (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; President: Kunihiro Okamoto, hereinafter described as “TÜV Rheinland Japan”) are delighted to reveal that DENSO and TÜV Rheinland Japan have actually signed a memorandum of understanding in order to recognize sustainable production for commercial items, consisting of batteries, and to promote the Digital Product Passport * 1 (hereinafter described as “DPP”), which adds to the efforts.

In the last few years, there has actually been a strong need throughout whole society for attaining carbon neutrality and transitioning to a circular economy that flows resources within the financial system, for that reason it has actually been speeding up efforts to develop sustainable items. As a part of these efforts, the EU executed the Ecodesign Regulation * 2 in July 2024, presenting a brand-new structure that mandates ecological factors to consider from the style phase of items. Under this guideline, the intro of the DPP, which digitally tape-records info such as the maker, products utilized, CO2 emissions, and recyclability, is needed.

From February 2027, under the European Battery Regulation * 3, the intro of the “Battery Passport” for battery items, consisting of automobile and commercial batteries, is arranged to end up being compulsory as the very first usage case of the DPP.

To support compliance with these policies, DENSO is establishing an application for the Battery Passport and, in February 2025, ended up being the very first Japanese business to get EcoPass accreditation from Catena-X * 4.

In addition, TÜV Rheinland Japan is a third-party accreditation body that offers screening, accreditation, examination, and examination services associated with item security and quality, and constantly uses the current examination services in different commercial fields.

DENSO and TÜV Rheinland Japan have actually now accepted adequately work together as tactical partners on confirmation and accreditation services for compliance with the Ecodesign Regulation and the European Battery Regulation, along with on DPP efforts.

Cooperation Details

• The 2 business will work together in the advancement of DPP and associated service services, consisting of the Battery Passport.
• The 2 business will work together on regulative compliance and customer assistance associated to the Battery Passport.
• TÜV Rheinland Japan will supply third-party confirmation and accreditation services for DENSO’s Battery Passport application.
• The 2 business will collectively develop technical documents associated to the Battery Passport for customers.

Through substantial partnership, DENSO and TÜV Rheinland Japan will promote DPP efforts, consisting of the Battery Passport, and add to the awareness of a sustainable society.

Remarks from Each Company

DENSO CORPORATION, Senior Director, Head of Social Innovation Business Development Function Unit, Mitsuru Kato

DENSO is devoted to traceability and resource blood circulation throughout the whole item lifecycle. We are really happy to have actually developed a tactical collaboration with TÜV Rheinland Japan, a third-party accreditation body with comprehensive experience and knowledge, to promote our efforts associated with DPP, which support these efforts. By integrating DENSO’s production competence and traceability innovations with TÜV Rheinland Japan’s accreditation and examination abilities, we intend to offer a lot more trusted items to stakeholders worldwide.

TÜV Rheinland Japan Ltd., President, Kunihiro Okamoto

TÜV Rheinland Japan offers numerous screening, accreditation, and auditing services in accordance with worldwide requirements, and has actually broadened services to support ecologically mindful organization operations and sustainable advancement over the last few years. DENSO has sophisticated innovations in the automobile market, and we anticipate that this brand-new collaboration will open brand-new possibilities and promote development for both business. Together, we will pursue the awareness of a sustainable society.

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Scene from the finalizing of the memorandum of understandingFrom delegated right: Kunihiro Okamoto, President of TÜV Rheinland Japan, and Mitsuru Kato, Senior Director, Head of Social Innovation Business Development Function Unit, DENSO.

* 1 Digital Product Passport: A digital certificate that tapes different info to guarantee traceability along the item lifecycle, consisting of the maker, products utilized, recyclability, and taking apart approaches, as evidence of the item’s sustainability.
* 2 Ecodesign Regulation: An extensive structure that enhances ecological efficiency requirements from the style phase for nearly all items presented to the European market, consisting of sturdiness, recyclability, reparability, and energy effectiveness, consisting of the DPP. It entered into impact in Europe in July 2024.
* 3 European Battery Regulation: A policy that sets merged commitments for the style, product procurement, production, collection, and recycling of batteries to promote the production and usage of sustainable and safe battery items. It entered result in Europe in August 2023, and the application of each requirement has actually been slowly beginning with February 2024.
* 4 DENSO the First Company Headquartered in Japan to Acquire EcoPass Certification from Catena-X|Newsroom|News|DENSO Global Website

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