Partner23: Fairphone BV

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WHO WE ARE

Fairphone is an innovative social enterprise. We challenge the status quo and show that it’s possible to make a phone that’s fairer and kinder to the environment - And we want to invite the whole industry to join us. It’s all part of our three-step theory of change: to raise awareness, set an example and motivate the industry. By practicing a fairer business model and creating strategic partnerships with key industry actors, we help motivate the electronics industry to make caring for people and planet a standard part of doing business.

OUR MISSION FOR MWC 2023

Raise brand awareness, increase sales, increase availability of our products and reach a wider target audience. all while strengthening our partnerships.

At MWC, we want to foster our existing partnerships. We also hope to connect with potential new clients and industry peers. Since we are celebrating our 10-year anniversary in 2023, we see MWC as a great opportunity to look back at the past decade of making sustainable phones. By sharing the steps we have taken to change the electronics industry from within with the MWC audience, we want to motivate the industry as a whole to act more sustainably.

Fairphone, based in Amsterdam, is building a market for smartphones that care about people and the planet, motivating the industry to act more responsibly and pioneering more sustainable ways to make consumer electronics. The Fairphone 4 offers an unprecedented 5-year warranty, comes with fairly sourced materials and a living wage bonus for production line workers at the direct supplying factory challenging the electronics industry to take a more responsible approach. It is the world’s first electronic waste neutral smartphone and has been certified according to TCO Certified (for sustainable IT products)