Arup has completed the acquisition of EnTrade, a marketplace for nature recovery in the UK. The marketplace was born from a successful joint venture between Arup and YTL.
In recent years, discourse regarding nature conservation has shifted rapidly across Europe and the world. As the world faces unprecedented ecological challenges, there is now a growing appetite for ‘rewilding’. That means that rather than preserving an ever more precarious status quo, a number of countries have actively sought to restore and enhance the biodiversity, natural processes and core wilderness areas.
Creating market-based solutions that mobilise private capital to support nature recovery and unlock economic growth is something which Arup and YTL believe can make all the difference. To that end, the firms have developed a unique platform to facilitate these markets and has successfully run two pilot markets.
EnTrade is the UK’s first end-to-end environmental market operator, which facilitates investment from companies into local nature-based projects that enhance water quality, biodiversity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This enables farmers and land managers to earn income from environmental projects and helps businesses to meet their environmental goals.
Arup in particular has been developing the next steps in EnTrade’s strategy and begun the process of integrating the service into its global consultancy offering since the start of 2026. By purchasing the solution through this acquisition, the firm now hopes to help drive policy and digital technology to guide and support how nature is treated within the UK economy.
Tom Wilcock, managing director for the UKIMEA at Arup, said, “We’ve been very pleased to play our part alongside YTL in the development of EnTrade, rationalising its investment. We are excited by the potential value we can create by integrating EnTrade into Arup.”
Arup is a global built environment consultancy delivering work in more than 130 countries. The firm offers a broad range of technical and advisory services.
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