Can we outrace the e-waste problem? Yes, we can.
2019. 53.6 million metric tons of electronic waste generated. 2022. 62 million metric tons of electronic waste generated. 2050. 110 million metric tons of electronic waste projected. These…
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…
Don’t read our 2023 Impact Report. Read this instead.
It's been ten years since we started revolutionizing the electronics industry. A decade is a long time—depending on how you look at it. At Fairphone, it sped past, often feeling like…
Choosing what matters for the Fairphone 5 battery
We’re extremely proud of the Fairphone 5 battery. You’ve heard us sing its praises before, and we’re about to do it again: this battery is a small-but-mighty symbol of Fairphone’s…
We like to make things difficult: How your Fairphone is made
Your phone isn’t born in a store – that shouldn’t come as a big surprise! But what happens before you bring home your shiny new device? Today’s smartphones are essentially mini…
Fairphone Meets London: Pop-Up Space
After a quick two weeks since our Pop-Up Space event in London, we’ve been able to catch our breath and share some outcomes of what we did there - and we made a film! Although we…
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…
Proud and grateful: Celebrating our crowdfunding success
In May, I joined Fairphone as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). While I expected a fast-paced, quickly evolving environment, I’m not sure I was prepared for just how…
Next step in Life Cycle Assessment: Inventory Analysis
Fairphone puts social values first. But what about the environment? Over the course of designing the first Fairphone, a number of decisions were made that improved the phone’s environmental…
Rethinking plastic waste
Here at Fairphone, we envision a circular economy, where resources are used and reused in an infinite loop. So we're examining every step of our phone's life cycle and finding ways…