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.

"How long will 25G PON provide enough bandwidth?" - a blog by Nokia

GPON has been enabling 1 Gigabit services for years, but its bandwidth will be exhausted by the end of this decade. This is one reason why operators are rapidly stepping up deployment of XGS-PON. At the same time, commercial services are starting to be lit up on 25G PON, which can co-exist on the same fiber as GPON and XGS-PON, and can provide a true 10G service level, which XGS-PON cannot. Read more via Nokia’s blog.

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