Product stewardship has grown more complex as new regulations and rising socio‑environmental expectations reshape how companies manage product data. Research and executive interviews reveal a maturity model with four stages of product stewardship information management, each evaluated across dimensions such as culture, governance, workflows, technology and data practices. As organizations evolve, gaps in stewardship processes can create operational risk blind spots, leading to compliance issues, inefficiencies and reduced visibility into product impacts. Advancing maturity helps companies strengthen oversight, reduce risk and build more resilient product stewardship programs.

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