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.

Resilience & Cyber security

As CEE accelerates its deployment of FTTH networks, the resilience and cybersecurity of these infrastructures are emerging as critical national and regional priority. The region faces unique challenges, including heightened exposure to state-sponsored cyber threats, hybrid warfare tactics, disinformation campaigns, threats to critical infrastructure. This session examined how public and private stakeholders collaboratively addressed the evolving threat landscape targeting FTTH networks.


Speakers: Oleksiy Khakhlyuk - Senior Business Development Adviser at JSC Ukrtelecom / Azimeh Sefidcon - Head of Network System and Security Research at NOKIA / Paula Harrison - Director for Government Security & Regulation at Vodafone Group / Marco Obiso - Chief Digital Networks & Environment Department, Telecommunication Development Bureau at ITU 
Moderator: Gustav Grundin - Partner at McKinsey 

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