Environmental Helpdesk (CEN/EHD) 

The CEN Environmental Helpdesk (CEN/EHD) provides information and support to CEN Technical Committees (TCs) and Working Groups when addressing  environmental issues in European Standards.

Role of CEN/EHD

The role of the CEN/EHD is to:

• Develop environmental awareness among CEN technical bodies and encourage a systematic approach to integrate environmental aspects into standards;
• Structure environmental information and provide supporting tools available for TCs;
• Provide guidance to specific environmental projects within standardization.

In order to help deliver these objectives, the CEN/EHD has produced an Environmental Framework of tools and support services that are freely available to all CEN committe members.

Environmental Framework  

The Environmental Framework includes the following items:

• Environmental training including e-learning, one-day courses and tailored workshops;

• CEN Guide 4 (pdf format) and the Environmental Checklist
  The reference tool for standards writers to include environmental aspects in their standards;
• CEN Guide 15 (pdf format) - Guidance document for the development of service standards and the Service Environmental Checklist
• CEN Guide 16 (pdf format) - Guide for addressing chemicals in standards for consumer-relevant products
• CEN-CENELEC Guide 32 (pdf format) - Guide for addressing climate change adaptation in standards
• CEN-CENELEC Guide 33 (pdf format) - Guide for addressing environmental issues in testing standards and the Checklist for Testing standards

• Under revision - Guide to EU environmental policy and directives (pdf format)
  Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy (SCP/SIP) - Action Plan - LCA database - Ecolabel - Environmental Footprint and many others.
• Guidance and examples
• Old issues of the - Environmental Bulletin (2015).

Useful links

SABE newsletters

• CEN SABE Newsletter - 2019
• CEN-CENELEC SABE Newsletter - January 2021

Brochures

• 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.
• CEN-CENELEC brochure - European Standards respecting the environment - 2016
• CEN brochure - Standardization and the Environment - 2009

Contact the Environmental Helpdesk (CEN/EHD)

• Send an email to CEN/EHD Helpdesk.