- ESPR
- Footwear
Digital Product Passport for Footwear
Shoes, trainers, sandals, and every pair you sell are built from more parts than they look — upper, sole, lining, hardware. A Digital Product Passport documents each one, verifies the pair is genuine, and flags hazardous substances before a customer ever asks, built directly in Shopify.
ESPR
Textiles & footwear product group
12+
Years EU compliance experience
Free
Plan — up to 10 products
5 min
Average setup time
A digital record that travels with every pair — upper to sole
A Digital Product Passport (DPP) for footwear is a machine-readable data record scanned from the shoe itself. Because a shoe is rarely one material, the passport is built to break it down into upper, sole, lining, and hardware — not describe it as one vague “textile and rubber” item.
Each style, or each individual pair, gets a scannable code linking to a live, always-current passport.
Leather, mesh, EVA foam, and rubber are each documented separately, matching how a shoe is actually built.
A unique passport ID tied to your Shopify catalogue lets buyers and resale platforms confirm a pair is genuine.
Chromium VI, azo dyes, and phthalate content are surfaced clearly — the questions a customer would ask, answered upfront.
One passport, broken down by component
A shoe is rarely one material end to end. A DPP that only says “leather and rubber” isn’t useful to a repairer or a recycler — PassoNext structures the passport around a bill of materials, the way a shoemaker already thinks about the pair.
Full-grain leather
Recycled polyester mesh
EVA foam
Natural rubber
Required DPP data
What your footwear DPP must include
Four data categories cover ESPR’s expectations for footwear. PassoNext guides you through each with pre-built, compliant fields.
Consistent across every size run
- Style, colourway, and unique passport ID
- EU / UK / US size conversion
- Width fitting where applicable
- Manufacturing batch and date
Upper-to-sole bill of materials
- Upper, lining, and midsole materials
- Outsole compound and tread pattern
- Leather tanning method, where applicable
- Recycled content by component
REACH-aligned declarations
- Chromium VI content in leather
- Azo dye declarations
- Phthalate content in soles and coatings
- Other substances of concern (REACH list)
Repair, resole, resale
- Verified-authentic passport ID
- Resole and repair guidance
- Take-back and recycling routing by component
- Resale eligibility and condition notes
Live DPP preview
See a footwear passport, exactly as a shopper — or reseller — would.
Every field below is generated automatically from your Shopify product data and stays current as materials, batches, or certifications change.
- Upper and sole materials, listed separately
- Chromium VI and substance safety status
- Verified-authentic passport ID
- Resole guidance and recycling routing
Who must create the footwear DPP?
Under ESPR, the “economic operator” placing the pair on the EU market carries full DPP responsibility — and footwear’s resale market brings in one more role.
If your label is on the shoe, you're the responsible party for its passport — regardless of who manufactured it.
Companies bringing finished footwear from outside the EU must confirm a valid passport exists before sale.
Marketplaces that verify and resell footwear must ensure the original passport carries over accurately to the new owner.
Non-EU brands can appoint an EU-based representative to carry DPP obligations on their behalf.
How it works
A compliant footwear DPP in 6 steps — from Shopify
No coding, no consultants, no compliance headaches. PassoNext plugs into your existing Shopify catalogue.
Upper, lining, sole materials, and substance test results — everything you need is likely already with your factory.
One-click install from the Shopify App Store. Connect your store in under two minutes — no developer needed.
Guided fields validate entries against ESPR's footwear schema as you type, with templates for common shoe types.
PassoNext validates the data and creates a compliant Digital Product Passport for the product or variant.
A unique GS1 Digital Link QR code is automatically generated and linked to the DPP, ready for printing on hang tags, care labels, or packaging.
Print the QR code on the product. If product information changes (supplier, materials, certifications, etc.), the DPP updates automatically while the same QR code continues to work.
Footwear sits alongside textiles in the EU's ESPR rollout — build now, not later.
Multi-component products take longer to document properly. Start while the timeline is still ahead of you.
- Upper-to-sole bill of materials
- Syncs directly with Shopify products
- QR codes generated automatically
- Built-in authenticity verification
- Chromium VI & substance fields built in
- Free plan — up to 10 products
Frequently asked questions
When exactly is the DPP deadline for footwear?
Footwear is expected to move alongside the EU’s textiles product group under ESPR, but a footwear-specific delegated act with a confirmed date hasn’t been finalised at the time of writing. Rather than commit to a single year, we’d recommend checking the European Commission’s current ESPR working plan for the latest status before treating any deadline as fixed — and building the passport now so you’re ready regardless of the exact date.
How is a Footwear DPP different from Apparel or Fashion?
Footwear is built from more distinct components than most garments — upper, lining, midsole, outsole — each potentially a different material with its own sourcing and safety profile. The footwear passport structure reflects that with a component-by-component bill of materials, plus chromium VI and other leather/rubber-specific safety fields that don’t apply to apparel.
What is chromium VI, and why does it matter for footwear?
Chromium VI is a regulated substance that can form during certain leather tanning processes and is restricted under REACH for items in contact with skin, including footwear. If your leather supplier already tests for it, that result carries directly into the passport’s Safety & Substances category — no extra testing required, just visibility.
How does the authenticity check help with counterfeiting?
Each pair’s passport is tied to a unique record in your Shopify catalogue. When a buyer or resale platform scans the code, they can confirm the record was genuinely issued by your brand — which is especially relevant in footwear categories, like trainers, where counterfeiting and resale are common. It’s a first check, not a replacement for physical anti-counterfeit measures.
Does this apply to online sellers on Shopify?
Yes. ESPR applies to any economic operator placing products on the EU market, including e-commerce and Shopify sellers. If you ship shoes, trainers, or sandals to EU customers through your store, you’ll need a valid passport for each product once the relevant delegated act applies, regardless of channel.
