Fibre Networks as Green Assets - The Role of Sustainable Finance

The FTTH Council Europe is pleased to bring you this first-of-its-kind study by Cartesian on FTTH as a green asset.

Within the FTTH Council Europe, we are relentlessly working to fulfil our mission: to advance ubiquitous full fibre-based connectivity to the whole of Europe. The FTTH value chain is also fully committed to contributing to the achievement of the EU climate goals.

This study aims to demonstrate the positive environmental impact of FTTH networks throughout their lifecycle, from production to deployment and operation. FTTH networks underpin the “twin transitions” ensuring the highest connectivity performance as well as a high energy efficiency, reducing the risk of rebound effects that can arise from higher data consumption. Finally, the study demonstrates how access to sustainable finance could help sustain the investments needed to achieve the Digital Decade targets.

We want to ensure that there is wide awareness about the results of this study, which contributes to increasing investors’ confidence in the sustainability benefits of FTTH projects as well as informing policy makers on actions to ensure access to sustainable finance.