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The industry is listening: Uganda Gold Partnership wins Responsible Business Award
Fair Materials 31 Oktober 2019
We’re very proud to announce that the Uganda Gold initiative won the Responsible Business Partnership of the Year Award. With the combined expertise of UNICEF, the Fairtrade Foundation, Royal Philips, Hivos/Stop Child Labour and Solidaridad, we work with artisanal small-scale mines (ASM) in Uganda to establish a sustainable, traceable gold ...
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Uganda Gold Partnership nominated for Responsible Business Award 2019
Fair Materials 30 September 2019
We are delighted that the Uganda Gold Partnership was recently nominated for the Responsible Business Award 2019 in the category ‘Partnership of the Year’. This partnership is a joint collaboration between Fairphone, Hivos/Stop Child Labour, Fairtrade Foundation, Solidaridad, UNICEF, and Royal Philips to support a more responsible approach to ...
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Scaling up Fairtrade gold sourcing in our supply chain
Fair Materials 10 September 2019
Every material in your smartphone has its own story to tell. Since Fairphone began, we’ve been helping to shed light on those stories, by mapping our supply chain, tracking what’s used in our products and making step-by-step improvements. Gold is one of our key focus materials – an essential, ...
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Partnering up for progress: Sourcing responsible gold in Uganda
Fair Materials 23 April 2019
Gold will never lose its allure. It’s useful, beautiful, rare, and an essential material for many different products. However, many parts of the gold sector remain tainted by environmental destruction, conflict and human rights abuses. Currently, only a limited amount of small scale gold mines can meet standards as ...
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Building a foundation for more responsible gold mining in Uganda
Fair Materials 01 Oktober 2018
Responsible material sourcing has been at the heart of the Fairphone story since our early days as an awareness campaign about conflict minerals. This week, we’re pleased to share some noteworthy updates on one of our priority materials for supply chain improvements: gold. Smelters added to list of suppliers Our latest ...
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A closer look at our efforts to improve cobalt sourcing
Fair Materials 15 November 2017
Cobalt is an essential material used in high-performance lithium-ion batteries, used in everything from laptops and smartphones to electric and hybrid cars. As our appetite for these products continues to grow, the demand for cobalt is growing along with it. Today, Amnesty International published a report about human rights abuses ...
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On-site visit to cobalt mines in Congo, April 2017
Fair Materials 07 Juni 2017
Just a couple months ago in April, I went to the DRC together with team member Sylvain, to continue our quest for more responsibly mined materials. This time was all about cobalt, a critical material we need to produce our battery. For some part, we were joined by a ...
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Zooming in on 10 materials and their supply chains
Fair Materials 04 Mai 2017
In February, I introduced you to the first steps of the materials scoping study that we completed with the help of The Dragonfly Initiative (TDI). To recap, we reviewed 38 materials found in the Fairphone 2 to gain a better understanding of the social and sustainability issues associated with ...
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New EU conflict mineral legislation: another step towards industry-wide change
Fair Materials 21 März 2017
Last week Thursday, Members of the European Parliament voted with a great majority for the new legislation on the responsible sourcing of four conflict minerals: tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold. Because this topic is at the heart of our goals, I wanted to briefly look at the new law, ...
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