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.

[WHITE PAPER] Guide to successful fibre business models involving and rewarding private financing

Jun 28, 2021
Reports & Studies | Investors Committee |

On the basis of the full Guide to Successful Fibre Business Models Involving and Rewarding Private Financing, a White Paper has been prepared, presenting key insights gained from the in-depth study of 8 business models for rolling out Fibre-to-the-Home and Fibre-to-the-Office networks. 

With regards to the Guide to Successful Fibre Business Models Involving and Rewarding Private Financing, provides a comprehensive guide on the financial de-risking strategies used to attract large amounts of private financing for large-scale fibre roll-outs. It identifies 8 European companies that have achieved large-scale fibre roll-outs, demonstrating how these companies have become "build-out machines" by clustering projects in different geographic areas and taken together represent:

  • 20m homes passed with fibre at end-2020 (>40m if minority co-financing is included)
  • 45m homes to be passed with fibre by end-2025 (>75m if incl. minority co-financing)

The guide also provides a detailed profile of these companies, their major shareholders, their reference shareholders, and their fundraising operations, including loans granted by consortia of banks, changes in ownership, and the creation of separate companies to hold fibre assets. Both the Guide and White Paper were produced by the FTTH Council Europe's Investors Committee and has been presented on 29 June 2021 through a live session webinar available for the public.

You can download this abstract version of the full guide for free, by clicking on the green download button on the left side of the page.

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