Garbage In, Compliance Out: The Hidden Cost of Poor Data Quality

There is a version of DPP compliance that is technically achievable without being meaningfully useful. It involves populating a digital passport with data — material composition figures, environmental indicators, supply chain references — that is structured correctly, formatted to specification, and present in the required fields. The passport exists. The QR code resolves. The auditor can see the record.

The data behind it is estimated, aggregated, unverified, or last updated three seasons ago.