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.

Creating a fiber network workflow strategy

Key to the success of any growing fiber network operator is building a software technology strategy that enables the efficient planning, design, construction and operation of its fiber network, and Connect Fibre has developed a truly innovative technology framework. In this webinar, sponsored by IQGeo, David Roberts-Lock, Senior Data Architect at Connect Fibre, shares his powerful software integration strategy to provide Connect Fibre with insights and understanding of its Physical Network Infrastructure (PNI) that is driving long-term company growth.

The Connect Fibre technology strategy extends to reporting and business analytics, using CRM and customer management tools from HubSpot and a reporting dashboard with Microsoft’s Power BI. The strength of this innovative use of software technology lies in the fact that all of these integrations are linked to their core PNI managed by the IQGeo software, providing an accurate living geospatial model of their entire fiber estate.

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