UPPS Standard

Universal Product Passport Standards (UPPS)

Version 1.0 — Draft

Effective: TBD

UPPS-BAT: Battery Product Disclosures

Establishes disclosure requirements specific to battery products, extending core UPPS standards with battery-specific disclosures.

UPPS-BAT defines the battery-specific disclosures that organizations shall provide to ensure consistent, comparable, and decision-useful product-level information.

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Introduction

UPPS-BAT establishes disclosure requirements specific to battery products.

This Standard defines additional disclosures necessary to enable consistent, comparable, and decision-useful information regarding the environmental performance, circularity, and supply chain characteristics of batteries.

Batteries are a critical component of the global energy transition and are subject to increasing regulatory requirements, including digital product passport obligations. These requirements necessitate detailed disclosures on materials, performance, lifecycle impacts, and traceability.

UPPS-BAT extends the core UPPS standards by introducing battery-specific disclosure requirements and guidance.

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Objective

The objective of UPPS-BAT is to ensure that organizations disclose information that enables users to:

  • Assess the environmental and lifecycle impacts of batteries
  • Understand material composition and critical mineral dependencies
  • Evaluate circularity and end-of-life management
  • Analyze supply chain traceability and sourcing risks

UPPS-BAT establishes consistent requirements for battery-specific disclosures that support transparency, comparability, and regulatory alignment.

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Scope

UPPS-BAT applies to all battery products, including:

  • Electric vehicle batteries
  • Industrial batteries
  • Portable batteries

Organizations shall apply this Standard in conjunction with:

  • UPPS 101 — General Product Disclosures
  • UPPS 201 — Environmental Product Disclosures
  • UPPS 301 — Circularity Product Disclosures
  • UPPS 401 — Supply Chain and Traceability Disclosures
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Industry Context

Batteries have complex supply chains and significant environmental and social impacts.

Key considerations include:

  • Use of critical raw materials (e.g., lithium, cobalt, nickel)
  • Energy-intensive manufacturing processes
  • Lifecycle emissions and resource use
  • End-of-life management and recycling

Regulatory frameworks increasingly require detailed product-level disclosures for batteries, making standardized disclosure essential.

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Battery-Specific Disclosures

Organizations shall disclose the following additional information for each battery product.

5.1Battery Performance

Disclosure Requirement

Organizations shall disclose key performance characteristics of the battery.

Required Disclosures

  • Rated capacity (kWh or Ah)
  • Energy density
  • Cycle life
  • Efficiency

Guidance

Performance disclosures should enable comparison across battery technologies.

5.2Lifecycle Environmental Impact

Disclosure Requirement

Organizations shall disclose lifecycle environmental impacts specific to batteries.

Required Disclosures

  • GHG emissions per kWh capacity
  • Energy consumption per unit of capacity
  • Lifecycle breakdown of impacts

Guidance

Disclosures should align with lifecycle assessment approaches and reflect battery-specific use cases.

5.3Critical Materials

Disclosure Requirement

Organizations shall disclose the presence and use of critical raw materials.

Required Disclosures

  • Types of critical materials (e.g., lithium, cobalt, nickel)
  • Proportion of each material
  • Source of materials, where available

Guidance

Disclosures should support risk assessment and responsible sourcing analysis.

Critical materials are essential to battery performance and are subject to supply chain risks, environmental impacts, and regulatory scrutiny. Transparent disclosure of critical material composition and sourcing enables risk assessment and supports responsible sourcing practices.

5.4Battery Durability and Degradation

Disclosure Requirement

Organizations shall disclose information on battery durability and degradation.

Required Disclosures

  • Expected degradation rate
  • Performance over lifecycle
  • Factors affecting degradation

Guidance

Disclosures should enable understanding of long-term battery performance.

5.5Recyclability and Recovery

Disclosure Requirement

Organizations shall disclose recyclability and material recovery potential.

Required Disclosures

  • Percentage of recyclable materials
  • Recovery efficiency
  • Availability of recycling processes

Guidance

Disclosures should reflect real-world recycling conditions.

Battery circularity is critical for reducing environmental impact and ensuring resource security. Effective recycling and material recovery enable the reuse of valuable materials, reduce dependence on primary extraction, and support the transition to a circular economy.

5.6Second-Life Applications

Disclosure Requirement

Organizations shall disclose the potential for second-life use of batteries.

Required Disclosures

  • Suitability for reuse in secondary applications
  • Conditions for second-life use
  • Expected performance in second-life

Guidance

Disclosures should support circular economy use cases.

5.7Supply Chain Traceability

Disclosure Requirement

Organizations shall disclose traceability of key materials and components.

Required Disclosures

  • Traceability of critical materials to origin
  • Supplier tiers covered
  • Verification of sourcing practices

Guidance

Traceability disclosures should reflect actual supply chain visibility.

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Measurement Guidance

Organizations shall apply methodologies that are consistent, transparent, and aligned with recognized industry practices.

Where battery-specific methodologies exist, organizations should apply them.

Assumptions and limitations shall be disclosed.

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Presentation of Information

Organizations shall present battery disclosures in a manner that is:

  • Clear and understandable
  • Comparable across products
  • Consistent with UPPS core standards
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Relationship with UPPS Standards

UPPS-BAT extends:

  • UPPS 101
  • UPPS 201
  • UPPS 301
  • UPPS 401

It does not replace them.

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Regulatory Alignment

UPPS-BAT is designed to support alignment with battery-related regulations, including:

  • EU Battery Regulation
  • ESPR battery requirements

UPPS-BAT enables structured disclosures that can be mapped directly to regulatory requirements, supporting multi-jurisdiction compliance and reducing reporting burden through a unified disclosure framework.

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Transition Provisions

Organizations may adopt UPPS-BAT progressively.

Where full data is not available, organizations shall disclose:

  • Data availability
  • Limitations
  • Plans for improvement