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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FTTH Council Europe Feedback on White Paper “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?”

Jun 28, 2024

Reports & Studies | Policy & Regulation Committee |

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The FTTH Council Europe welcomes the opportunity to give its views on the Commission White Paper. The FTTH Council Europe considers that fibre networks are fundamental to the digital transformation of European economies and that the objectives of the Digital Decade need to be reached in a timely fashion.

To this end, the FTTH Council Europe considers that it is essential to maintain a favourable regulatory framework for fibre investment in a competitive environment. The White Paper should recognise that the existing framework has delivered, and is delivering, good results in terms of fibre deployment and in our view, in Europe, concerns are mostly on the demand side of the fibre market.

The FTTH Council Europe notes that 4 relevant objectives should be at the core of the next legislative and regulatory cycle:

Facilitate the deployment of Fibre Networks
Increase incentives to invest by reducing uncertainty on the demand side
Maintain a competitive environment
Support the green transition

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FTTH Council Europe Feedback on White Paper “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?”

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