Digging for change
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,…
It’s time to define the new «new»
Most things we need and don’t need, are right at our fingertips. However, even though tech is constantly innovating and becoming more powerful, something as basic as DIY-repair is…
First Fairphones: Almost out of stock
Our jaws are dropping at the rate we’re selling out of Fairphones. Over the past couple of months, our community has been buying phones quicker than we could have anticipated. Based…
Fairphone 2 production and delivery countdown!
In this blog post, we will gather all production and delivery news and update this blog once a week on Wednesday. (más…)
Designing the next Fairphone from the inside out
The process of developing a new product such as a smartphone is a complex one, and with our next Fairphone we wanted to stretch our design ambitions further to better align with our…
Examining the Fairphone’s environmental impact
Nearly a year ago, I first came to the Fairphone office ready to start my role as a research assistant and dig deeper into the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) work started by my predecessor…
Fairphone earns B Corporation Certification
Updated on 17 July 2017: Two years after earning our certification, we’re happy to say that last June we got recertified by the B Lab and are proud to continue being a member of the…
From proud pioneer to thoughtful critic: Meet Fairphone’s latest user personas
Last year, we gave you some insight into how and why we’re creating user personas. In a nutshell, it is a way for us to create (oversimplified) descriptions of all the different types…
Social Assessment Program begins at our manufacturer Hi-P
In October 2014, four team members of TAOS, our assessment partner, visited the facilities of Hi-P, the production partner for the next Fairphone. They spent three days on factory walkthroughs,…
Guest blog: Latest news on Ghana e-waste collection program
To refresh your memory, Closing the Loop partnered with Fairphone early in 2013 to help us carry out a project to reduce electronic waste, particularly in Africa. We’ve started by…