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.

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16th ITG Conference "Broadband Coverage in Germany"

Event: 16th ITG Conference "Broadband Coverage in Germany"
SpeakerEric Festraets - President
Date and time: 7 June 2022
Location: Berlin, Germany
OrganiserFraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute


In the context of the federal government's broadband infrastructure goals (Digital Strategy 2025), interdependencies and synergies between the roll-out concepts of 5G network operators and the general fibre roll-out program are of particular interest. To this end, our President Eric Festraets was invited to shed lights on the latest evolutions of the FTTH/B European market, with particular focus on the German rollout, taking stock of the latest market reports recently revealed by the FTTH Council Europe at the FTTH Conference 2022 in Vienna.

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