Carbon Trade eXchange

What Carbon Trade eXchange does

Carbon Trade eXchange (CTX) is a private, London-headquartered operator of an electronic exchange for voluntary carbon market credits, founded in 2009. The firm positions itself as infrastructure for buyers and sellers of voluntary carbon offsets, providing a venue for price discovery, transaction execution, and post-trade processing in the over-the-counter voluntary carbon market. Its stated value proposition is to bring exchange-grade efficiency and transparency to a market that has historically traded bilaterally and with limited standardized infrastructure.

The company operates as a for-profit, privately held business with 11-50 employees and is led by Chief Executive Officer Wayne Sharpe. Its go-to-market is implicitly B2B, serving corporate carbon buyers, project developers, brokers, and intermediaries seeking standardized access to voluntary carbon credit inventory across project types and registries. Pricing mechanics, take rates, fee schedules, and contract structures are not disclosed in the available source material.

Beyond the exchange venue itself, the underlying technology stack, product modules, API surface, integrations with registries (e.g., Verra, Gold Standard), and any ancillary data or analytics products are not described in the input data. The company's website returned only a loader/verification page during data collection, so deeper product, technology, and customer detail should be confirmed through direct diligence.

Name

Carbon Trade eXchange

Website

https://ctxglobal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carbon Trade eXchange (CTX) is a London-based electronic exchange, founded in 2009, that operates a trading venue for voluntary carbon market credits serving corporate buyers, project developers, brokers, and intermediaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Credit Exchange

NAICS

Commodity Contracts Intermediation (52316), Securities and Commodity Exchanges (523210), Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (5231)

SIC

Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221), Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200)

akta.pro primary industry

Carbon Exchanges & Trading Venues (Spot, forward, auction platforms) (EUABAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Emissions Commodities Exchanges (Carbon, Renewable Certificates) (FSAFAMAE), Market Access, Connectivity & Trading Technology (APIs, OMS/EMS, FIX connectivity, venue gateways) (EUABAAAF), Carbon Market Data, Indexing & Price Reporting (Benchmarks, indices, market data feeds) (EUABAAAD), Project-Originated Carbon Credit Marketing & Offtake (Primary Market) (EUAGAIAC), Compliance & Integrity Infrastructure (KYC/AML, sanctions screening, fraud detection, claims/labeling integrity) (EUABAAAG)

Keywords

• Voluntary carbon market
• Carbon credit exchange
• Carbon offset trading
• Environmental commodities
• Carbon emissions trading

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Carbon Trade eXchange operates an electronic exchange platform for trading voluntary carbon market credits. The company facilitates the buying and selling of verified carbon offsets between project developers, corporates, and other market participants seeking to trade environmental commodities. The platform serves as a digital marketplace specifically designed for the voluntary carbon market segment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Carbon Trade eXchange Platform An electronic exchange platform for trading voluntary carbon market credits, designed for corporations, project developers, brokers, and traders active in the voluntary carbon offset ecosystem. The platform facilitates the buying and selling of verified carbon credits in the voluntary market.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Intercontinental Exchange (ICE): Major global exchange operator running ICE Futures Europe and ICE Endex with carbon and emissions allowance contracts, offering deep liquidity and clearing that CTX competes against for institutional flow.
• CME Group: Operates one of the world's largest derivatives exchanges and lists carbon-related futures (e.g. CBL GEO contracts), competing with CTX for institutional carbon trading volume and providing a benchmark alternative.
• Verra: Operates the VCS Program, the dominant voluntary carbon credit standard and registry, shaping the supply side of every credit that trades on exchanges like CTX and serving as the broad incumbent in the VCM ecosystem.
• Gold Standard: Major voluntary carbon standard with its own registry and certification framework; while not an exchange, it sets rules for the credits that flow through CTX and competes for influence over how VCM quality is governed.

Direct peers

• AirCarbon Exchange (ACX): Singapore-based electronic exchange specifically focused on voluntary carbon credits and is the closest direct competitor to CTX, offering a similarly specialised trading venue for the same VCM buyer base.
• Climate Trade: Operates an online marketplace for voluntary carbon credits aimed at corporates, overlapping directly with CTX on both product (carbon credit transactions) and target customer (corporate buyers).
• Xpansiv (CBL): Operates CBL, a major spot carbon credit exchange, and provides environmental commodities market infrastructure that directly competes with CTX's venue-based offering for VCM liquidity.
• Patch (formerly CarbonX): Provides an API-driven carbon credit marketplace and offsets platform, offering digital access to VCM credits that competes directly with CTX's electronic exchange model, especially for digital-first buyers.

Emerging players

• Sylvera: Provides carbon credit ratings and data analytics that increasingly shape which credits trade on VCM exchanges; a thematic adjacent player whose quality signals influence transaction volumes on venues like CTX.
• Allied Offsets: Provides a marketplace and data platform for carbon credit buyers and project developers, overlapping with CTX's intermediation role while also serving as an adjacent data/information vendor in the same VCM space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ctxglobal
• Facebookfacebook.com/ctxglobal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carbon-tradexchange

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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