J.Lindeberg onboards full supplier base onto Trimco traceability platform ahead of Digital Product Passport

Swedish sportswear and lifestyle brand J.Lindeberg has moved its entire supplier base onto Trimco Group's ProductDNA Certificate Manager, a traceability platform, as it prepares for incoming EU textile regulations.

The rollout extends a partnership of around 20 years in which label and packaging supplier Trimco Group has produced J.Lindeberg's care labels, hang tags and packaging. The companies are now also mapping suppliers and linking certificates and factory audits to the specific products and purchase orders they relate to.

Preparing for ESPR and the DPP

The move responds to the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), which introduces a mandatory Digital Product Passport (DPP) for textile products. The detailed requirements for textiles have yet to be set, but are expected to cover fibre composition, recycled content, chemical compliance and supply chain traceability.

According to Trimco Group, the DPP will typically be accessed via a QR code printed on the garment label, a product the company already makes for J.Lindeberg.

The platform collects supplier certificates and data such as fibre composition, recycled content and chemical compliance, flags missing or inconsistent documents and links the information to the brand's purchase orders and products.

Pilot ahead of full rollout

Before the full onboarding, the companies ran a pilot followed by a review phase to test the data, assess how ready suppliers were and align the software with the evolving EU rules.

"The pilot allowed us to strengthen the collaboration with our suppliers and make sure that they had the right tools in place to deliver what we needed for the system to work," said Sofia Bothelius, chief product officer at J.Lindeberg. She added that Trimco's local teams helped some suppliers get set up.

Camilla Mjelde, sustainability and C&C director at Trimco Group, said the company originally built ProductDNA for traceability in its own supply chain. "Most brands are about to face the task J.Lindeberg started early," said Mjelde. "The data work is far easier when it sits with a partner who is already deeply embedded in the supply chain."

Both companies describe the rollout as an ongoing project that will be adapted as EU regulations develop.