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.

"World Optical Fibre & Cable 2022" conference by CRU Group

EventPanel discussion: "Overcoming challenges and growth inhibitors for global connectivity"
SpeakerVincent Garnier – Director General
Date and time8 November 2022, 13:30-14:30 CET
LocationMeliá Milano - Milan, Italy
OrganiserCRU Group


Some of the main challenges that the fibre industry will need to address in the short-term include 1) enhancing in-home connectivity, to avoid the end of the network from becoming a bottleneck 2) driving demand and accelerating take up, as we observe a visible a tangible disparity between the FTTH deployment and adoption rates acroos Europe 3) planning for effective and adequate copper switch off initiatives. During this high-level panel discussion, our Director General Vincent Garnier brought the voice of the FTTH Council Europe on stage by discussing the best strategies to make this happen, with a constant eye open on the sustainability issue.

 

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