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Pioneering the path to circularity
Long-Lasting Design 24 november 2021
The “circular economy”, a concept that is becoming more and more prominent in the current Zeitgeist. In short, it’s an economic system aimed at eliminating waste and facilitating the continual use of resources. A world in which we are genuinely circular is one where materials can be used, recycled ...
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Fair Tungsten: From conflict-free to building community
Fair Materials 28 oktober 2021
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 out as a campaign to prove the phone industry could stop using materials that finance conflict and human rights abuses. ...
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Future proof: Fairphone has gone 5G
Long-Lasting Design 27 oktober 2021
It is not new news that we strive to make the most of the materials used in our products. We’re moving closer to a circular economy by using materials from more responsible sources, emphasizing reuse and recycling, and designing our phones to last as long as possible. We do ...
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Reintroducing: Fairphone’s Reuse & Recycle Program
News 25 oktober 2021
We have relaunched our Reuse and Recycle Program. There are a lot of resources in your old smartphones and we want to make sure we make the most out of them, all the while keeping the environmental impact low and your benefits high. While the old program allowed people ...
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De eerlijke keuze maken is nu makkelijker: Fairphone 4 is er
News 30 september 2021
Vandaag kan ik het doek ophalen en aankondigen: De Fairphone 4 >>>> Vier jaar geleden kwam ik bij Fairphone werken. Ik wist helemaal niets van telefoons. Maar ik wist wel wat van chocolade. En productieketens. Als de First Lady van Chocolade bij Tony’s Chocolonely wist ik wat het inhield om te ...
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Let’s talk about industry scoring systems
Good Business 13 september 2021
As people become more aware of the importance and possibilities of sustainability in electronics, industry rating systems are increasingly common to see listed next to a product, or announced with great fanfare in a company blog post. Lots of us look for specific rating labels when considering purchases – ...
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An update on Fairphone 3
News 02 september 2021
As the saying goes “all good things must come to an end”. After a successful two-year run with the Fairphone 3, we are ending the sale of this phone. But just like what you’d expect from us, we will stick to our longevity promise to provide software and hardware ...
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Fairphone stepping up on fair lithium
Fair Materials 19 juli 2021
Here at Fairphone we have joined and are members of several sustainable and ethical initiatives that address both social and environmental issues. From being B Corp certified to receiving a gold certification from Fairtrade, we always strive for excellence. More recently, we have become a member of IRMA (Initiative ...
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Into the deep
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 08 juli 2021
Remember our Materials 101 series of blogs where we introduced the distinction between artisanal mining (ASM) and large-scale mining? Well, potentially, there is another type of mining to enter the mix: deep-sea mining or DSM. How does DSM connect to responsible, fair materials? The answer is not so easy ...
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