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Digging for change
Fair Materials 25 Juni 2020
Part two of a guest feature by David Sturmes, Director of Programme and Operations at the Impact Facility. In 2018 Fairphone has partnered with global lighting company Signify, the Chinese cobalt refiner Huayou Cobalt and the Impact Facility (TIF), a social business dedicated to improving the livelihoods of artisanal miners ...
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The charged debate around cobalt
Fair Materials 25 Juni 2020
Part one of a guest feature by David Sturmes, Director of Programme and Operations at the Impact Facility. Few if any minerals have polarised the public as much as cobalt. The battery metal allows us to store energy more efficiently, stabilizing batteries and allowing frequent recharging – an essential attribute ...
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Let’s make fair, sustainable mining the new normal
Fair Materials 23 Juni 2020
It’s been just over three months since the spread of COVID-19 turned Fairphone’s Amsterdam headquarters into a virtual workspace. But as I write this from the privilege and comfort of my home, that change feels tiny within the bigger picture. As part of the Fairphone Impact Innovation team, I ...
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Building a breakthrough for Fairphone 2
Long-Lasting Design 18 Juni 2020
Software is the unsung hero of longer-lasting devices. Software updates slay bugs, shield you from viruses, and help protect you from the marauding hordes that want your personal data. To keep an old phone going, you want the most recent, most well-equipped operating system you can get. Our goal is ...
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Lasst uns über Smartphone-Innovationen sprechen
Good Business 19 Mai 2020
Liebe Smartphone-Branche, ich denke es ist an der Zeit, dass wir eine ehrliche Diskussion über eines der Leitmotive dieser Branche führen. Lasst uns über “Innovation” sprechen. Jetzt, da sich die Welt gefühlt langsamer dreht, hatte ich etwas Zeit, um über dieses Thema nachzudenken. Und ehrlich gesagt glaube ich, dass wir ...
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Research spotlight: How much does a miner earn?
Fair Materials 07 Mai 2020
Long before we made a single phone, Fairphone was working to better understand and improve mineral supply chains. Many years and three phones later, we’re still focusing on our mission of driving important materials projects and pioneering research that has a positive impact on how materials are sourced, used ...
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Datensicherheit dank /e/OS
News 30 April 2020
Wir freuen uns, unsere neue Partnerschaft mit der /e/ Foundation für ein Open-Source Betriebssystem ankündigen zu können, bei dem die Privatsphäre der Nutzer im Mittelpunkt steht. Die /e/ Foundation ist ein internationales Non-Profit Projekt mit der Mission, die Privatsphäre aller Nutzer zu gewährleisten. Als wir die Fairphone-Community dazu aufgefordert haben, ...
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An opportunity to reimagine our world, and our place in it
Unkategorisiert 22 April 2020
During the past months, as our worlds have become smaller, and our routines have been reduced to what we can accomplish within the confines of our homes, it appears that many of us have had an abundance of one thing: time to think. And those with a public platform – ...
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#stayconnected: Put down your phone
Community 16 April 2020
For a series titled „stay connected,“ the following article might seem a bit counterintuitive, but bear with me. Before the lockdown began, my daily screentime clocked in at about three hours; That’s close to an entire day per week, more than three days a month and at the end ...
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