Fibre for the planet

Via this series of successful business cases, the FTTH Council Europe's Sustainability Working Group aims at promoting full-fibre connectivity as the most sustainable access network technology.

 

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.

More and more, fibre connectivity is recognised as a key asset to align the digital and sustainability agendas. Being 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.

As a result, the need to work collectively towards a more sustainable society has become a strategic objective not only for policy makers but for the vast majority of private organisations, part of the FTTH value chain.

 

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This session of our website has the objective of giving voice to the industry, bringing Members of the FTTH Council Europe on stage in showcasing their best practices around the sustainability issue. What are the concrete actions put in place by the FTTH value chain to reduce its carbon footprint? Browse our sustainability success stories to get the answer.

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Use of recycled plastics in CPEs (Customer-premises equipment)
May 9, 2022

Use of recycled plastics in CPEs (Customer-premises equipment)

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CPE equipment vendors can limit or even abandon the use of virgin plastics in the housing of their CPE products, by using recycled plastics instead. This has a positive impact on the circular economy, where materials can be reused. Recycled plastics material is easier and more cost-efficient to obtain in darker colors, so in practice using recycled plastics often means the products will have a black color.

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Sustainability
Committee

Digitalisation will be at the core of EU Commission's ambition of making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. With this context in mind, the Sustainability Committee has been created with the main objective of promoting 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.

 

Moreover, the Committee supports 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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