We’ve Gone Platinum
We’ve gone platinum, but not in the way you might think. We didn’t move on from being a sustainable smartphone company to making music, but this definitely is music to…
Fair Materials 101 – A guide to the materials in your phone
At Fairphone, we've set ourselves some serious challenges: We're out to change the world. Change doesn't happen overnight, though - and a lot of the progress happens behind the scenes. So…
Fairphone just went platinum… again!
We are super excited and proud to share that EcoVadis has awarded Fairphone Platinum status, and we have received the highest score ever in our industry. EcoVadis is the global standard…
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…
The architecture of the Fairphone 2: Designing a competitive device that embodies our values
The big day is finally here! Nearly a year and a half after we started designing our new phone, we’ve released the first images and more details about the Fairphone 2. (suite…)
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…
Why we had to stop supporting the Fairphone 1
At the beginning of last week, we announced to Fairphone 1 owners that we have stopped supporting our first phone. Practically speaking, this means that we will no longer sell spare…
Host an Urban Mining Workshop
Fairphone invites you to grab your helmets and put on your safety goggles because we’re going urban mining. We’ve been conducting Urban Mining Workshops and they’ve been such…
Fairphone to make bigger impact in 2016 – but how are we going to pay for it?
It’s already February, but hopefully it’s not too late to wish everyone all the best for 2016! I’m not really one for making resolutions, but this time of year always reminds…
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,…