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.

Webinar - FTTH Carbon Footprint Cooperative Platform: Get your Organisation Ready for the next ESG obligations

By means of this webinar, the Sustainability Committee of the FTTH Council Europe presented a new platform where companies involved in the deployment of FTTH networks can share ESG best practices, build a database of detailed carbon intensity information for all products (essential for the accuracy of Scope 3 reporting), and receive preferential access to the expertise and tools of a consultant for organisations measuring their carbon emissions for the first time.

Your clients or investors are probably already asking you to report your carbon footprint or those of your products, while the European Union has just made reporting compulsory (CSRD) for large organisation from 2024 and it will be extended to all SMEs by 2026, and your organisation needs to be ready on time.

During this webinar our Committee’s representatives and Toovalu, our consulting partner, discussed how the FTTH Carbon Footprint Cooperative Platform will support you on these objectives and they answered to the following questions:

- What is the environmental impact of the FTTH industry?
- How can you measure your company’s carbon footprint easily?
- What the FTTH Carbon Footprint Cooperative Platform is offering?

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