LRQA Climate Change Webinar Series – EU ETS Aviation
Event: 21st October 2009
Country: All – Online event
Language: English
What does it mean for the Aviation sector?
About the LRQA Webinar
This Live Webinar takes a look at the upcoming inclusion of the aviation sector into the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Madlen King, LRQA’s Global Climate Change Manager, will be presenting. Madlen provided key technical input as part of the group advising the European Union on the Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines (MRG) and verification requirements of the aviation sectors’ inclusion into the EU ETS.
Elements of the webinar will include:
- Detailed information on the EU ETS
- An update on the inclusion of aviation into the scheme
- A discussion of both the short and long-term implications for organisations in the aviation sector
- A short guide to implementing monitoring and reporting systems to manage the requirements of the EU ETS for aircraft operators.
- A question and answer session with the audience
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This 1 hour long Webinar will take place twice to allow for global time zones. It will be the same content each time.

Please check these UK, London times against your own Time Zone to make sure you get the correct times.
Who should attend?
If you are in the aviation sector, this webinar will provide valuable insight into what the latest EU ETS amendments mean for your industry and potentially for your organisation.
If you are responsible for managing the legal compliance issues of your company, this webinar will provide information that will help you understand the potential implications of the EU ETS amendments on your organisation. Further, you will have the opportunity to ask specific questions regarding your situation.
Why listen?
You will:
- Get a complete picture of the issues that are addressed in the EU ETS amendments as well as some insight into the known and possible effects that the changes will have on the aviation sector.
- Gain an overview of the upcoming inclusion of the aviation sector into the EU ETS, as well as its requirements for monitoring, reporting and verification.
- Gain a better understanding of how your existing systems can be built upon to implement the requirements.
- Have the opportunity to discuss your concerns and issues with a member of the group that helped draft the MRG and verification requirements of the aviation sectors’ inclusion into the EU ETS.
About the speaker
Madlen King heads up LRQA’s Global Climate Change Team, and is widely recognised as an expert on the EU ETS, as well as organisational carbon footprinting. Madlen is also the section editor for Businessassurance.com for Climate Change
Madlen is responsible for the management of LRQA’s EU ETS verification services. Her technical expertise played a crucial role in helping the European Commission to ensure that the monitoring and reporting guidelines for the inclusion of aviation into the EU ETS are verifiable.
Agenda:
- Attendees registration
- Welcome, agenda and housekeeping
- Overview of the requirements of the EU ETS for aircraft operators – Madlen King
- Question and Answer Session with Madlen King
- Technical Session: Implementation of appropriate systems for Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines – Madlen King
- Q&A on the technical session
- End of Webinar
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This 1 hour long Webinar will take place twice to allow for global time zones. It will be the same content each time.
Please pick your preffered time:

Europe Daylight Time (Paris): 10:30am
Central Asia Standard Time (Almaty): 2:30pm
China Standard Time (Beijing): 4:30pm

S. America Eastern Daylight Time (Buenos Aires) 1:30pm
Eastern Daylight Time (New York) 11:30am
Central European Daylight Time (Paris) 5:30pm
NOTE: Please check these UK, London times against your own Time Zone to make sure you get the correct times.
Having Problems?
If you have any problems trying to register for this event then please contact: Sarah Whitworth
A recorded version of this event will be made available a few days after the event. All registered users to the webinar will receive an email with a link to access the recorded version. It will also be made available on www.lrqa.com and www.businessassurance.com