EnTrade, the UK's leading marketplace for nature recovery and currently owned jointly by Arup and YTL UK, has announced proposals for Arup to take full ownership of the business.
EnTrade became an independent company in Joint Venture between YTL UK and Arup in February 2025, having been incubated as an independent business unit of Wessex Water Ltd since its genesis in 2018.
The company has pioneered the creation of market-based solutions that mobilise private capital to support nature recovery and unlock economic growth.
As part of the changes, the Environmental Markets Board, which provides independent oversight of catchment markets, will be established as a separate legal entity to support integrity, transparency and good governance across environmental markets nationwide.
The Environmental Markets Board was created to provide arms-length oversight of EnTrade's demonstration markets, in the light of lessons from the Voluntary Carbon Market.
EnTrade developed a unique platform to facilitate these markets and has successfully run two pilot markets, delivering £1.36 million in environmental credit trades to fund new habitat creation, water quality improvements and enable housing developers to meet their environmental obligations in an efficient and transparent way.
The company’s demonstration Bristol Avon and Somerset Catchment Markets have led to significant environmental improvements, with 3.2 hectares of land protected under nature-based project agreements, backed by private investment of over £1.3 million.
Under the proposed arrangements, the existing team at the company will move on to new opportunities, with the EnTrade business being taken forward by Arup.
Tom Wilcock, Managing Director of Arup UKIMEA, said:
"We've been very pleased to play our part alongside YTL UK in the development of EnTrade and, with YTL UK rationalising its investment, we are excited by the opportunity to lead and shape the next stage of its future."
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