Environment and Sustainability

• CEN-CENELEC SABE Newsletter - January 2021
• CEN-CENELEC brochure - Standards for the Environment - 2020
  The Brochure gives the public sector an overview of how standards can help in reducing the negative environmental impacts and support the implementation of policies. Translations are available in:
  • Bulgarian
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Latvian
• CEN-CENELEC brochure - European Standards respecting the environment - 2016
• CEN brochure - Standardization and the Environment - 2009
• CEN-CENELEC Brochure - standardization in a Circular Economy – Closing the Loop
• CENELEC Brochure - European Standards for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
• Guidance on Climate change adaptation for infrastructure standards

• https://www.sabeproject.eu/ - The project ‘Engaging more standard bodies and national environmental organizations in the environmental aspects of Standardization’ (ENgage project) enhances the participation and contribution of national CEN members and environmental stakeholders to the environmental strategic discussions, making the most of the experience and expertise of European countries. 
• The European societal stakeholders’ organisations that are closely involved in the environmental issues within the standardization are the 'Environmental Coalition on Standards' (ECOS), and the 'European Association for the co-ordination of consumer representation in standardisation' (ANEC).

Useful information on the European climate policies and initiatives

• Climate Adapt - The European Climate Data Explorer provides interactive access to many climate indices from the Copernicus Climate Change Service in support of climate change adaptation.
• Copernicus Climate Change Service
• Tailored Guidance Document 'Climate Adaptation' of NEN
• Horizon 2020 RESIN-project

CLC/TC 111X Environment

Focus: To deal with environmental aspects of electrical and electronic products and systems. To promote activities in CENELEC relevant to reducing detrimental impacts of electrotechnical activities/products/systems on the natural environment.

CLC TC 111X develops specific European standards and contributes to global standards on:

• Substance management and declaration
• WEEE Standards for marking, reuse, and recycling
• Ecodesign via life cycle assessment, environmental declarations, product category rules for EEE
• Material efficient recycling and preparation for re-use of CRMs
• Material circularity
• Environmentally conscious design(ECD)
• Determination of certain substances
• Material declaration
• Substance-use restrictions in electrical and electronic products
• recyclability rate calculation
• Quantification and communication of greenhouse gas emissions and reductions
• Test method development - Guidelines for substance selection
• Environmental performance criteria
• Assessment of the proportion of reused components in products
• Sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste).

Please visit the CLC/TC 111X website for more information and contact details.

CEN Guide 4 - Guide for addressing environmental issues in product standards

• Environmental Checklist - The reference tool for standards writers to include environmental aspects in their standards.

CEN Guide 15  - Guidance document for the development of service standards

• Service Environmental Checklist

CEN Guide 16 - Guide for addressing chemicals in standards for consumer-relevant products

CEN-CENELEC Guide 32 - Guide for addressing climate change adaptation in standards

CEN-CENELEC Guide 33 - Guide for addressing environmental issues in testing standards

• Checklist for Testing standards

Under revision: Guide to EU environmental policy and directives

The Green Deal policy paper (2021)

Uniting the world to tackle climate change: COP 26 and the commitments of European Standards (2021)

CEN and CENELEC’s response to the EC consultation on a Sustainable Products Initiative (2022)