Summary Report on BEREC internal workshop “Telecom regulators' role in the development and implementation of sustainability indicators in the ICT sector”

The European Green Deal has set ambitious targets to promote sustainability in the ICT sector, emphasizing transparency measures for electronic communications. Since 2020, BEREC has integrated sustainability into its strategy, focusing on enhancing environmental transparency and defining robust indicators to monitor the environmental footprint of electronic communications networks and services (ECNs/ECS). In 2023, BEREC published a report on sustainability indicators based on internal research, stakeholder workshops, and feedback from 81 companies and 29 national regulatory authorities (NRAs) and public bodies. This report aims to improve data availability and reliability, helping various stakeholders understand the environmental impact of electronic communications.

BEREC continues to support the European Commission's goal of increased environmental transparency for digital infrastructures, contributing to the development of a Code of Conduct on sustainability for telecommunications networks and services. In its 2024 Work Programme, BEREC organized a workshop on September 11, 2024, in Belgrade, Serbia, to discuss the role of telecom regulators in supporting environmental transparency

The workshop featured presentations from key figures, including Tomas Lamanauskas from the ITU, academic experts Dr. Kelly Widdicks and Prof. Adrian Friday, and representatives from the European Commission. The event concluded with discussions on how telecom regulators can implement standardized and reliable sustainability indicators for electronic communications networks.