The UK Nature Markets Dialogue is bringing together a coalition of experts from the finance, business, farming and environment sectors to support UK nature market development by building a consensus on nature market policy, infrastructure and governance.
The UK Nature Markets Dialogue aims to address persistent barriers and gaps to high integrity environmental markets across the UK.
The Dialogue submitted a proposal for a UK environmental markets governance scheme to government in July 2025.
The Dialogue is now coordinating the development of an industry-led Environmental Markets Governance Scheme, with funding from Defra, through a collaborative process involving stakeholders in shaping its detailed design and future operation.
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DEVELOPING THE ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS GOVERNANCE SCHEME
UPCOMING EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS
Meet the team at the Nature Finance UK Conference, London
Friday 12 November 2026, 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Secure your place at the online Market Rules workshop
Monday 23 November 2026, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Secure your place at the online Scientific Review of Crediting Methods workshop
Wednesday 25 November 2026. 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Building confidence in high integrity nature markets
26 October 2026
The Government has announced that development of an Environmental Markets Governance Scheme for the UK is underway, with Defra funding Broadway Initiative to take the work forward through the Nature Markets Dialogue.
Voluntary carbon and nature markets consultation
The UK Nature Markets Dialogue submitted a response to the Voluntary carbon and nature markets consultation.
Report released - Towards a Governance Framework for UK Nature Markets: Key Findings and Proposal
The UK Nature Markets Dialogue has released a blueprint for the governance of high-integrity UK nature markets. The report reflects the outcomes of workshops, consultations and dialogue with 169 experts across 147 organisations, including business leaders, government bodies, and third-sector organisations.
The report directly supports the UK Government’s ambition to mobilise £1 billion per year in private investment in nature by 2030 and coincides with the UK Government’s consultation on Voluntary Carbon and Nature Markets (VCNM).
Read the report: Towards a Governance Framework for UK Nature Markets: Key Findings and Proposal
Building confidence in high integrity nature markets
26 October 2026
The Government has announced that development of an Environmental Markets Governance Scheme for the UK is underway, with Defra funding Broadway Initiative to take the work forward through the Nature Markets Dialogue.
Today Defra has published Growing Places: Mobilising private finance for local nature recovery.
Addressing Government plans for Market Oversight, the report says:
"We are working with industry and devolved governments to explore an independent oversight mechanism for UK nature markets. This Environmental Market Governance Scheme would be a voluntary, industry-led mechanism, with registration conditional on compliance with the scheme rules."
"Defra has provided funding to support initial work on the scoping and design of the Scheme, and will provide further support to establish the Scheme subject to approval of the final design. This aims to test whether independent oversight provides enough practical, reputational and market value for participants, buyers and other stakeholders."
Over the next six months, current and potential environmental market participants and market stakeholders will have an opportunity to shape the Scheme through a programme of consultation and engagement ahead of an expected launch of the Scheme in mid-2027.
The Scheme will be independently administered by the not-for-profit Environmental Markets Board Limited under arrangements agreed with Broadway.
The Development Programme will be launched at a webinar on 6th November, where a panel of stakeholders will explain the genesis of the scheme, discuss the governance gaps it aims to fill, and explain how the Scheme aims to increase confidence and reduce complexity and cost of environmental market participation in the UK.
Find out more about the development of the UK environmental market governance scheme.