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A United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) Business Requirement Specification (BRS) document for this project was published 10 July 2024. This document provides an overview of potential mechanisms and processes to facilitate the digital exchange of certificates and conformity assessment information relating to the certification of a product.
The BRS aims to outline a basic framework that will enable any participant within a product supply chain to access sufficient product conformity information to gain assurance about a product claim.
The framework additionally considers applications involving digital trade single window environments, digital product passports, or for the ad hoc sharing of conformity information between supply chain participants. The approach also takes into account parties operating at various levels of digital maturity.
UKAS Strategic Director, Jeff Ruddle, was part of the international working group within UN/CEFACT that drafted the BRS and preceding white paper.
The purpose of the project is to deliver confidence in product sustainability claims ensuring:
- Claims withstand regulatory scrutiny
- Responsible suppliers can pass on price premiums based on sustainability
- Reliable sustainability data can support corporate accounting disclosures
- Buyers can have confidence regarding product sustainability characteristics
This BRS will provide vital technical underpinning for digital product passport initiatives and digital trade single windows, while at the same time, enabling conformity assessment bodies to retain control over the integrity of their data and to address customer requirements.
Read the full BRS here.