DENSO Certified by Catena-X for EcoPass as First Company Headquartered in Japan
DENSO is developing a certified Battery Passport application
Berlin, April 22, 2025 – Catena-X, the first globally trusted and collaborative data ecosystem for the automotive industry, has certified the first Japan headquartered company DENSO Corporation for the EcoPass use case. This certification demonstrates that the DENSO application under development for Digital Product Passport (DPP), conforms to Catena-X rules and ensures secure data exchange between approved stakeholders.
In response to the growing societal demand for carbon neutrality and a transition toward a circular economy, companies worldwide are working to make manufacturing more sustainable. Digital Product Passport (DPP) initiatives are playing a key role by digitizing information on manufacturers, materials, CO₂ emissions, and product recyclability. To fully leverage this potential, there is a clear need for a standardized and trusted mechanism that enables secure data exchange across companies, industries, and national borders.
“Catena-X certifications build trust by ensuring transparency and reliability based on our standards. Through the certification process, we guarantee that our core principles – interoperability and data sovereignty – are maintained in every aspect of the network. We are proud to have our long-term member DENSO as the first certified Catena-X business application providers from Japan,” said Hanno Focken, Managing Director – Operations and Governance, Catena-X.
DENSO, a globally active automotive parts manufacturer and Catena-X member since 2021, has now become the first company headquartered in Japan to achieve the Catena-X EcoPass certification. In preparation for the upcoming European Battery Regulation, which will make the introduction of Battery Passports for automotive and industrial batteries mandatory from February 2027, DENSO is developing a certified Battery Passport application. The solution will be used internally and offered to supply chain partners as a secure data exchange service, verified through EcoPass certification, supporting the industry in achieving regulatory compliance and enabling trusted data sharing.
The application is based on a Software-as-a-Service solution developed by T-Systems. The solution, a Catena-X certified enablement service branded as “Connect & Integrate”, includes an EDC connector to ensure seamless dataspace connectivity. As one of the key contributors to the Catena-X software stack and holder of multiple Catena-X certifications, including as a certified Business Application Provider, T-Systems plays a central role in enabling secure and interoperable data exchange, globally, 24/7 and cloud-agnostic.
About DENSO CORPORATION
Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO is a $47.2 billion leading mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in around 180 facilities worldwide to provide opportunities for rewarding careers and to produce cutting-edge electrification, powertrain, thermal and mobility electronics products, among others, that change how the world moves. In developing such solutions, the company’s 162,000 global employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. DENSO spent around 7.7 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. For more information about DENSO’s operations worldwide, visit https://www.denso.com/global.
About Catena-X
Catena-X is the first end-to-end, collaborative and open data ecosystem for the automotive industry, connecting all players along the value chain. The Catena-X association acts as a neutral governance to enable standardized, interoperable and data-sovereign collaboration and drive innovation, increase efficiency and compliance across the entire data ecosystem. Catena-X is Gaia-X compliant and also serves as a model for all Manufacturing-X initiatives and is shaping the development of standardized data ecosystems in other industries. Founded in 2021, the association has hubs in the USA, China, Spain, Sweden and France and more than 300 individuals from various players in the automotive industry working in more than 40 expert groups to develop future standards.