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Fairphone 2 good vibrations with conflict-free tungsten
All 20 June 2016
Today we’ve got a new reason to celebrate: Conflict-free tungsten is now part of the Fairphone supply chain! With this achievement, Fairphone can finally announce that we set up traceable supply chains for all four internationally-recognized conflict minerals. Responsible sourcing that supports local economies After quite a long process, we can ...
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Fairphone to make bigger impact in 2016 – but how are we going to pay for it?
All 11 February 2016
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 me to reflect on what’s happened in the past 12 months, and think about my priorities for the ...
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Getting older and wiser: Lessons learned from developing two Fairphones
All 08 October 2015
For those of us working at Fairphone, the past two years have been a wild ride, and we can still barely believe that we’re nearly ready to start producing our second phone! Sometimes we get so busy chasing the latest deadline that it is hard to find time to ...
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Cost breakdown of the Fairphone 2
All 09 September 2015
At Fairphone, transparency is one of our core principles for creating fairer electronics. Besides digging deeper into the supply chain and gaining a better understanding of industry practices, we also want to give you the inside scoop on how we do business. Since we started taking pre-orders in mid-July, we ...
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Comparing Fairphone’s approach to a sustainability label
All 23 July 2015
This week Südwind, SOMO and the GoodElectronics Network published a report in which Fairphone’s approach for social and sustainability standards are compared with those of a well-established sustainability certification, TCO Certified. The report concludes that Fairphone scores better overall in its criteria than TCO certified devices. While we believe in ...
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From proud pioneer to thoughtful critic: Meet Fairphone’s latest user personas
All 11 June 2015
Last year, we gave you some insight into how and why we’re creating user personas. In a nutshell, it is a way for us to create (oversimplified) descriptions of all the different types of people in the Fairphone community and better understand how to address everyone’s needs. Our first attempt ...
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Fairphone earns B Corporation Certification
All 26 May 2015
Updated on 17 July 2017: Two years after earning our certification, we’re happy to say that last June we got recertified by the B Lab and are proud to continue being a member of the growing B Corp community! View the full report. It’s official! We’re proud to announce that ...
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To the Fairphone community – Thank You!
All 28 April 2015
This one goes out to all Fairphone owners, community members, followers, fanatics, critics and pledgers. Here’s to all of you who have pushed the Fairphone journey forward. We owe every one of you an enormous thank you for believing that we could make a change. With you behind us, we’re ...
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Host an Urban Mining Workshop
All 02 March 2015
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 a success, that we want to pass the tools over to you. Our Urban Mining Manual is now available for free ...
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