AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Life On Land
KEYWORDS
fair trade, supply chain
COUNTRY
Netherlands
DESIGNED BY
Bas van Abel, Fairphone
WEBSITE
http://www.fairphone.com/
Fair Phone
Fairphone is a social enterprise working to create a fairer economy and change how things are made.
Fairphone started in 2010 as a project of Waag Society, Action Aid and Schrijf-Schrijf to raise awareness about conflict minerals in electronics and the wars that they fuel and fund in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2013, we established our independent social enterprise to design and produce our first smartphone and take the next crucial steps in uncovering the story behind the sourcing, production, distribution and recycling of electronics.