About the Committee

The Investments & ESG Committee brings together the work of the Council's former Investors, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committees under a single structure, reflecting how closely capital, environmental performance and social responsibility are now linked in digital infrastructure.

The Committee provides a forum for investors, operators and industry experts to examine the financial and non-financial factors shaping fibre and data centre investment across Europe. Its scope spans the investment landscape and financing conditions for network rollout, the environmental footprint and sustainability credentials of fibre infrastructure, and the governance and diversity practices that support a resilient, competitive industry.

By combining these perspectives, the Committee aims to give members a clearer view of how ESG considerations influence investment decisions,  and how the sector can demonstrate its value to the investors, policymakers and stakeholders who rely on that evidence.

This page is new and growing. The Committee's reports, studies, and other resources will be added here as they're published - in the meantime, you can explore the latest assets below.

Copper switch-off: European experience and practical considerations (update 2020)

This study provides a summary of the findings of research conducted by WIK-Consult in Q3 2020 on the status of copper switch-off in 10 European countries, together with an analysis of the opportunities and challenges associated with migrating to modern fibre networks, and possible implications for policy-makers and regulators, in light of the implementation of the EU Electronic Communications Code1 and revision of the EC Recommendations concerning “Next Generation Access”. Findings are based on questionnaires and interviews with selected stakeholders and build on an earlier study by WIK-Consult on copper switch-off which was completed in February 20192 and presented at the FTTH Council Europe conference in March 2019 in Amsterdam. 

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