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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Panel 9 - Simpler, smaller, faster: new solutions for the deployment of fibre passive infrastructure

Fast and cost-effective fibre network roll out requires a simplification of operations and a reduction of the physical footprint to limit civil works. Doing this without compromising quality and performance is the challenge facing the companies represented in this panel. These experts of fibre cable and connectivity will share their latest innovations which bring greater density plus simpler and faster connections and improved modularity.


Speakers: Antonio Castano - Director, Market Development CN EMEA at Corning, Colin Kirkpatrick - Solutions Director at Emtelle, Johannes Pruchnow - Managing Director, Gabocom at HellermannTyton, and Peter Weimann - Chief Technology Officer, Optical Fibre Cable at HFCL - moderated by Raf Meersman - Board Member at FTTH Council Europe

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