In December 2019, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal with the ambition of making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, boosting the economy, improving people's health and quality of life, caring for nature, and leaving no one behind.

Digitalisation will be at the core of this ambitious program and fibre is key to align the digital and sustainability agendas. As the most sustainable telecommunication infrastructure technology, full-fibre is a prerequisite to achieving the European Green Deal and making the European Union’s economy more sustainable.

The need to work collectively towards a more sustainable society has become a strategic objective of policy makers and the vast majority of private organisations alike. With this context in mind, the sustainability Working Group of the FTTH Council Europe has been created with two key objectives:

Promote full fibre as the most sustainable access network technology and enabler of multiple applications which can contribute to reducing the carbon footprint of our activities. Remote working and learning being the most obvious examples.
Support all stakeholders of the Fibre to the Home value chain in their efforts to make their respective activities more carbon neutral.

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In this episode we focus on the key sustainable challenges facing the fibre industry both in the context of the EU taxonomy and of the energy 2030 targets and much more.

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Policy & Regulation Committee: Advocacy on the Digital Networks Act and Cybersecurity Act

Jul 24, 2026

Committee News | Policy & Regulation Committee |

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The Policy & Regulation Committee has worked extensively on the European Union's legislative proposals. For the fibre industry, the principal legislative files at present are the Digital Networks Act and the revision of the Cybersecurity Act.

On the Digital Networks Act, the Committee has developed and finalised its amendments to the draft act, which will now serve as the basis for advocacy work with the co-legislators, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. Drawing on the valuable input of a technical ad hoc committee, the Committee is also preparing a detailed policy response on the Cybersecurity Act.

Both activities will continue throughout the third quarter, as the two drafts are now in the parliamentary process. In its last session, the Committee appointed a Vice-Chair. Our sincere thanks go to Roel van Kessel for taking on these responsibilities.

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Policy & Regulation Committee: Advocacy on the Digital Networks Act and Cybersecurity Act

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