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.

Key trends facing the FTTH ecosystem analysed in new reports from the FTTH Council Europe and its partners

France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey and Spain are the fastest growing markets in terms of new Fibre-to-the-Home/Building (FTTH/FTTB) subscribers, according to the ‘European FTTH/B Market Panorama 2025’ published by the FTTH Council Europe.

Published ahead of the annual FTTH Conference (Amsterdam, 25-27 March 2025), the report details the notable progress made across Europe last year, with the number of homes passed with FTTH/FTTB across EU39 increasing by 25 million between September 2023 to September 2024. The FTTH/B take up rate also raised to 53% in the EU39 area during this period (up by 3,4 percentage points from the previous year). However the report also indicates that more must be done to reach the European Commision’s 2030 Digital Decade objectives, as only 1 in 4 countries within the region have a penetration rate beyond 50%. 

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