Madlen King
Director and Founder of Certitude, with approximately 30 years experience in sustainability consulting, environmental regulatory compliance, environmental and energy management system certification, and carbon markets.
Madlen has audited, verified and supported organisations across the world across a variety of sectors (aggregates, automotive, aviation, construction, electronics, food & beverage, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, power, road, rail, shipping, steel, and telecomms), in order to help them manage their environmental risks and realise the benefits of opportunities presented.
Formerly as Global Head of Climate Change & Sustainability for Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), she designed and managed the technical delivery of all their climate change and sustainability services.
She has briefed and advised governments and international industry associations on the implementation of carbon market mechanisms and their monitoring, reporting and verification requirements. And is widely published on these subjects.
Writing
Over the years Madlen has written articles for a variety of environmental and climate change publications and newspapers.
Below is a selection, please click on the links at the bottom of the page to read the articles.
2025 – Authentic Sustainability Branding – 25 Real World Ways to Communicate Without Greenwashing
2014 – Insight Magazine – Change, Survival, Responsibility
2013 – IETA GHG Market Report – Fragmented Markets
2012 – IETA GHG Market Report – A Degree of Severity
2012 – Sunday Telegraph – What’s Your Impact?
2012 – Carbon Trading Magazine – The Long Road Ahead
2011 – Insight Magazine – Where Next for Aviation Emissions Trading?
2011 – IETA GHG Market Report – MRV in Europe
2011 – Insight Magazine – Preparing for a Low Carbon Economy
2010 – Point Carbon Magazine – The Elephant in the Room
2010 – IETA GHG Marlet Report – GHG verification EU ETS PhIII
2010 – Insight Magazine – Climate Change the Challenge for Business
2010 – Env Finance Publications – Mandatory Risk Disclosure
Public Speaking
She has also been privileged to have spoken on many of the above subjects at workshops, conferences and key lobbying events. Below is a list of some of the key speeches made.- December 2016 – Practical Verification – Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
- May 2014 – MRV of GHG Emissions within Emissions Trading Schemes – Chinese National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC), London.
- May 2013 – A Post Doha Look at the FVA and NMM – Carbon Expo, Barcelona.
- April 2013 – Status of International Policy on Climate Change – Implications for Kazakhstan – Oiltech, Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
- October 2012 – Trading Security – What Next? – The Carbon Show, London.
- August 2012 – The Weaknesses of Existing Carbon Markets to Mitigate Climate Change and the need for Consumption Based Carbon Accounting – IAEE European Energy Conference, Venice.
- June 2012 – MRV – the same but different – Carbon Expo, Cologne.
- May 2011 – An Introduction to MRV for Designing Emissions Trading Schemes – Kazakhstan Ministry of Environment, Almaty.
- February 2011 – Future Proofing for the Post 2012 ETS Regime’ – Aircraft Finance and Commercial Aviation Forum, Geneva.
- October 2010 – Good Quality Data and 3rd Party Verification – European Commission and China’s NDRC Event, Beijing.
- October 2010 – CDM – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Carbon Forum Asia, Singapore.
- May 2010 – MRV of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions – Carbon Expo, Cologne.
- February 2010 – Emissions Trading – How it works – Korean Government, Korean Energy Management Corporation, Seoul.
- December 2009 – MRV and Its Importance – the Verifiers View – UNFCCC COP15, Copenhagen.
- March 2009 – Verification – Standards and Quality – Navigating the American Carbon World, San Diego.
- December 2008 – Verification for Aviation under the EUETS – Aviation conference, London.
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