WG 16 - Postal & Parcel Services - Environmental aspects in delivery services

WG 16 is a Technical Committee within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Postal & Parcel Services - Environmental aspects in delivery services" and is responsible for: To promote solutions to achieve efficient and environmentally sound postal and parcel delivery. The objectives of the working group are to provide recommendations to increase operational efficiency to reduce environmental impact, to develop guidance on solutions to enable environmentally sound delivery and to identify criteria to define more sustainable delivery This committee has published 97 standards.

WG 16 develops CEN standards in the area of Information technology. The scope of work includes: To promote solutions to achieve efficient and environmentally sound postal and parcel delivery. The objectives of the working group are to provide recommendations to increase operational efficiency to reduce environmental impact, to develop guidance on solutions to enable environmentally sound delivery and to identify criteria to define more sustainable delivery Currently, there are 97 published standards from this technical committee.

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.

A Technical Committee (TC) in CEN is a group of experts responsible for developing international standards in a specific technical area. TCs are composed of national member body delegates and work through consensus to create standards that meet global industry needs. Each TC may have subcommittees (SCs) and working groups (WGs) for specialized topics.