Our sustainability strategy
Aware of its role as an enabler, Open Fiber aims not only to reduce the potentially negative impacts of its activities on people, the economy and the environment, but to create a business that can make a solid contribution to sustainable development.
To this end, Open Fiber has identified the pillars on which to build its medium- and long-term commitment. Each concrete and ambitious pillar is aimed at creating value and fully integrating sustainability into business conduct:
Implement the long-term decarbonization strategy, aiming to gradually reduce direct and indirect emissions.
Guarantee people’s well-being and safety, enhance human capital and ensure the personal and professional development of company resources.
Enhance programmes dedicated to capitalising on people’s uniqueness and differences, ensuring equal opportunities and strengthening an inclusive culture.
Strengthen oversight in the management of relevant ESG issues, adopting policies and practices that reflect the company’s mission, vision and values with the aim of creating shared value for its stakeholders.
Maintain an active dialogue with stakeholders, responsibly communicating achievements and commitments and conveying the corporate brand identity in an effective, clear and transparent manner.
Develop a sustainable value chain model, increasing the awareness of the actors involved and engaging the entire supply chain in the adoption of the highest sustainability standards.
Support the country on the path to digitisation and overcoming the digital divide, strengthening stakeholder engagement programmes and responding to the social needs of the communities in which it operates.
Implement a resource management strategy aimed at increasing the sustainability of the infrastructure by developing increasingly circular business models.
Investing in research by establishing partnerships with industry leaders and identifying solutions that guarantee high-performance network infrastructure.
Open Fiber strongly believes in the potential of fiber optics as a tool to reduce inequalities, distribute opportunities more fairly and support the transformation towards sustainable development that protects the environment and people: with this in mind, it actively contributes, including through its own sustainability strategy, to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined in 2015 by the United Nations (UN) with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Fiber optics as an enabler
One of the issues addressed within the context of sustainable development regards the field of technology. The latter can have a dual impact on the environment and the community; while it has the potential to contribute positively in terms of innovation and development, it can also have detrimental effects on people and the environment. This is the substantial difference between future-proof Fiber optics is referred to as ‘future-proof’ because it is the only solution that can evolve and support increasing transmission capacities, which in the future may reach up to 40 Gbps, supporting the most advanced services and the potential of new technologies that will arrive in the coming years. and non-future-proof technologies.
In its role as an enabler of the country’s digital transformation, Open Fiber develops innovative technological solutions thanks to top-quality and efficient fiber-optic infrastructure that guarantees extremely high performance, the only one which is capable of supporting the evolution of the provision of services (future-proof). The Open Fiber network enables innovative services such as:
Evolve electricity grids, enabling new functionalities to benefit those accessing the grids and those involved in the management of the electricity system, and accelerate technological and industrial evolution in the energy transition process.
Devise programmes and partnerships to foster the deployment of ultra-broadband The term broadband, in telecommunications, generally refers to the transmission and reception of information data at a connection speed of over 144 kb/s. Broadband organises different channels, conveying different content in the form of data, such as Internet radio, animation, audio files and high-definition video. in companies and promote the connection between physical and digital systems, enabling complex analysis through big data and real-time adaptation.
Enable the development of digital and smart cities and villages that harness technology and data-based solutions to improve the efficiency of services and the quality of life of citizens and to promote sustainable development.
Create a widespread sensor system, using optical fiber A cable made of glass fiber through which a light signal is transmitted over long distances for broadband network access. Compared to copper cables, optical fiber can transmit signals much faster, up to 40 Gigabits per second. It is therefore ideal for quickly transferring large amounts of data; it is also unaffected by external interference (electromagnetic interference, temperature variations, etc.). While fiber optics certainly offers the advantage of fast, high-quality and secure data transmission, its high installation cost is a drawback for network builders. Read the news to find out more: “Optical fiber, what it is and how it works”. as a transducer and means of transporting information (e.g. for earthquake detection or monitoring the health of the network against unpredictable damage).
Provide the infrastructure for continuous tele-monitoring of patients to support the transmission of high-resolution data.
Facilitate distance learning and the digitalisation of educational institutions, reducing the gap caused by existing differences in infrastructure and thereby protecting the right to study.
Ensure the network infrastructure necessary for the conversion of citizen services into digital services, thereby promoting the repopulation and attractiveness of small municipalities to residents and tourists.
A ‘certified’ effort
In 2023, Open Fiber was the first company in Italy to obtain the ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) certification. The ESG Certification is a non-accredited standard developed by SGS (the world’s leading provider The term ‘provider’ is often used to identify the so-called Internet Service Provider (ISP), i.e. the entity that offers users access to the Internet via a remote connection using a telephone line or broadband. of inspection, verification, testing and certification services) to assess the management of environmental, social and governance aspects within an organisation. The ESG certificate is awarded to an organisation that is able to meet the criteria summarising the requirements of ESG best practices and the most widely used sustainability standards.
This important recognition came after the policies and practices implemented by Open Fiber were carefully analysed and, in addition to confirming its commitment to sustainability in recent years, it has enabled the company to develop consolidated and verifiable internal processes with a view to continue along the path of improvement in order to achieve its ESG objectives and to improve performance progressively.
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