Tackling child labor: A joint force
A consortium of partners, led by Fairphone, implemented a project in Busia, Uganda from July 2017 until March 2021. The project aim was to improve and support the artisanal and small-scale…
Next chapter in Fairphone’s strategy: Outlook for 2015
This time last year, we were one month into autumn, the season when we projected we would start shipping our first phone. About 20,000 people put down 325 euros and had been waiting…
Cobalt mining: It’s time to face the facts and invest in making improvements
This week, US-based human rights firm International Rights Advocates filed a lawsuit accusing major international manufacturers of profiting from the labor of children working in dangerous,…
The Fairphone 2 earns Gold at Cannes Lions with sustainable design
For the creative sector, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is the pinnacle of annual industry events. Many agencies spend years dreaming of taking home a coveted…
Taking Back Phones for a Circular Economy: E-waste in Ghana
Editor's Note: For this week's blog post, our community manager Joe sat down with Bibi (Research and Outreach) to talk about our ambition to address the full life cycle of the phone.…
Fairphone 2 pre-orders are now open
As of today, the Fairphone 2 is available for pre-order in our online shop! Everything we’ve been working on over the past year has been leading up to this moment, and we can’t…
Defining Sustainable (Choices): Can We Rely on Certification?
Almost one year ago, one week before opening the pre-sales, Bas shared our road map to a "fairer phone." As you all know by now, the pillars in this road map focus on creating a more…
Fairphone Pop-Up Space: London
Will we see you in London next week!? At Fairphone our goal is to open up the systems to discover how our products are made. Lofty goal - but we're doing it step-by-step when building…
Transparency: a Mission and a Challenge
If you've been living under a Fairphone-less rock: Fairphone's mission is to change the relationship between people and their products, and our vision is an economy based on fairer…
Our role as a social enterprise in the industry
A post about a conference that our product guy, Miquel, recently attended in Rostock, Germany on "Responsible IT." As I write this post on the train from Rostock to Hamburg, my shirt…