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Overview

The United Nations Transparency Protocol Agrifood Extension (UNATP) is an adaptation of the UN Transparency Protocol.

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An Extension of the United Nations Transparency Protocol (UNTP)

The UNTP is an international standard for traceability and transparency in value chains. It is industry and geography agnostic and provides a suite of foundational tools that empower communities to extend the UNTP to meet their specific industry and geographical needs. For example, the UNTP defines a standard for a generic Digital Product Passport that UNATP has extended to become a TBD by adding TBD.

The UNTP defines a standard methodology to create extensions so that they remain interoperable with other industry extensions. This increases the value to UNATP implementers because TBD and other UNATP credentials will still be usable by downstream industry sectors and export markets. For example, in the value chain from cotton farm to t-shirt there will be many different industries and geographies but when each builds on a common UNTP core then the common data is understandable and usable across the entire value chain.

The UNTP is itself under ongoing development and maintenance. UNATP is one of several UNTP extensions and there are expected to be at least 100 extensions registered over the next few years. The UN target for global adoption is 1 million UNTP (or extension) product passports issued every day by 2030.

This Site

This UNATP website is designed to take potential UNATP implementers through a journey from awareness to implementation.

• About UNATP describes the purpose of UNATP, how it is governed, how to keep track or participate, and provides answers to common questions. It answers the question "What is UNATP?".
• Business Case describes the value proposition for each stakeholder type and provides templates to assist sustainability managers with the development of a business case for implementation. It answers the question "Why should I implement UNATP?".
• Specification documents the UNATP technical specifications as UNTP extensions and is targeted at the technical staff who will integrate systems to conform to UNATP.
• Guidance Describes the sequence of implementation activities and includes specific rules for each TBD sector. It answers the question "How do I implement UNATP?".
• Register Provides a list of implementers that have either committed to UNATP or have completed and tested their UNATP implementation. It answers the question "Who is implementing UNATP?".