BCN DIGITAL/ Disrupting the Mobile Phone Industry through Values
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By making a phone, we want to create impact in four key areas
Fair Materials
Long-Lasting Design
Good working conditions
Reuse and Recycling
We’re using transparency to expand the market for ethical products and
inspire the rest of the industry
Follow the journey of conflict-free tungsten from Rwanda - just one of 40 minerals in a mobile phone
The Fairphone 2 is designed to extend the use phase Robust & replaceable hardware -‐ 30 sec screen repair -‐ 2 min camera, headphone & speaker module repair -‐ Upgradeable cases & cameras -‐ Drop safe integrated back cover (1,80m) -‐ Lower TCO (3-‐5yrs)
Fairphone at a glance
2010: Started as an awareness campaign about conflict minerals
Amsterdam-based on the river IJ
50+ employees from 25 countries speaking 17
different languages
125,000+ Fairphone owners
2013: Became an independent company
250,000 community members on Facebook, Twitter and the
Fairphone forum combined
Independent recognition for our social and environmental ambitions
Over the past two years, Fairphone has won an array of prestigious awards, including:
German Environmental Award 2016 (for Fairphone founder Bas van Abel)
Lovie Award 2016
The European Business Awards for the Environment 2016
The Next Web fastest growing European tech startup award 2015
UN Momentum for Change Award 2015
GreenTec Award 2015 Accelerator Startup Prize
Certified for sustainability and social entrepreneurship
Fairphone 2 is the first smartphone to receive Blue Angel Certification.
Rank a Brand gave Fairphone the highest sustainability
ranking in the electronics sector.
In 2014, Deutsche Umwelthilfe awarded Fairphone 4.7 out of 5 based on the question “How sustainable is the Fairphone?”
Fairphone is a certified Benefit Corporation. The B Corp certification is given out by B Lab which certifies for-profit companies on a rigorous standard of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.
Jan-Willem Loggers [email protected] #WeAreFairphone Meet us at Mobile World Congress from 27 Feb to 2 March: Hall 8.1 Stand J34