The impact of sustainability on operator opex

01 October 2025 | Research

Michela Venturelli | Grace Langham

Strategy report | PPTX and PDF (15 slides) | Operator Spending| Sustainable Networks


"Regulation is likely to force operators to adopt a range of sustainability-related initiatives, but these may increase opex."

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This report focuses on the impact of sustainability-related initiatives on operator opex.

It provides opex benchmarks for operators in relation to three main environmental areas: energy usage, renewable energy procurement and emissions. The benchmarks are modelled on an integrated operator in a developed market and offer comparative data for other operators that are exploring sustainability-related transitions.

We organise the sustainability-related initiatives by whether they are focused on cost savings or environmental impact. This allows us to disentangle the motivation for implementing a given initiative.

Questions answered in this report

  • What initiatives are operators employing to minimise energy consumption and emissions, and how do they affect opex?
  • How does the pursuit of sustainability-related initiatives align with operators’ objectives to reduce opex?
  • What are the opex implications of adopting alternative approaches to renewable energy procurement?
  • What is the relationship between implementation timelines and opex for individual sustainability-related initiatives?

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Authors

Michela Venturelli

Senior Analyst

Grace Langham

Senior Analyst, expert in sustainability and ESG