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…
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…
From founder leadership to growth leadership
Five years ago, in 2013, I took a massive leap of faith: I decided to transform the Fairphone campaign into a company. At that point, I had no experience running a company, and I had…
Fair Tungsten: From conflict-free to building community
Studies show we’re making an impact in Rwanda In the north of Rwanda, near the city of Kidao, one of the country’s oldest tungsten mines is proving us right. Fairphone started…
Our Choice for Production Partner
Dilemmas, opportunities and what we’ve learned in China Last month, we shared our initial steps to seek a production partner in China. We had significant pre-work to do to identify…
December production update: How production, workforce and delivery are intertwined
As Value Chain Director, I work to increase positive social and environmental impact throughout our product’s value chain, and that’s a pretty long chain, starting with mineral…
We have big plans for fair materials by 2030
Our new Fair Materials Roadmap 2030 extends our list of focus materials from 14 to 23 materials. With this, we take our fair material sourcing to the next level and challenge the industry…
Fair Materials 101: How can mining be used for good?
As we discussed in the previous blog of this series, cutting mining out of the electronics industry is not realistic. For the foreseeable future, mining is here to stay and as such,…
Growing the Fairphone team and hiring a Managing Director
*Updated 1 May: We are no longer accepting applications for the Managing Director vacancy. If there’s one thing that’s true about running a young social enterprise, it’s that…
Is the Fairphone 5 the most sustainable phone in the world?
After two years of designing and prototyping and endless development meetings, I am immensely proud to finally unveil to the world the brand new Fairphone 5. The team at Fairphone has…