Author
John Paul Toher
Founder of TalkPod.
John Paul founded TalkPod, a pod for every product. The platform gives every product a voice and publishes the Digital Product Passport the EU starts requiring from 2027, drawing on the same data the brand already keeps.
He studied at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and at the United Nations System Staff College. The question both programmes circle, in different forms, is how to align digital products and software with more sustainable outcomes. TalkPod is one answer.
He writes here on Digital Product Passports, conversational commerce, GS1 standards and the practical work brands and distributors are doing to get product data ready for 2027. Each piece is checked against primary sources before publication.