Fairphone has created the world’s first ethical smartphone. Created in 2013, Fairphone launched the movement for fairer electronics.
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Fairphone is a certified B-corp and has created the world’s first ethical smartphone. Created in 2013, Fairphone launched the movement for fairer electronics.
The company makes a positive impact across the value chain in mining, design, manufacturing and life cycle, while expanding the market for products that put ethical values first.
The company believes in sourcing conflict-free materials that support local economies, not armed militias. Fairphone works closely with manufacturers that want to invest in employee wellbeing and ethical worker practices.
The company is also addressing the full lifespan of mobile phones, including use, reuse and safe recycling programs that make it easy to recycle your Fairphone, so the parts can be re-purposed and not end up in landfills and the ocean.
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Bas van AbelFounderBas van Abel is founder of sustainable smartphone manufacturer Fairphone (fairphone.com) and co-founder of circular start-up De Clique (declique.nl), a service that aims at transforming organic resources from urban environments into new products again. He has over 20 years of experience in social innovation, both as entrepreneur and designer. He has a passion for system change through product - and system design. Bas is guest lecturer on innovation at business university Nyenrode. He is the co-author of the book Open Design Now.
Bas has served as non-executive and supervisory board member of numerous non-profit organisations such as Signify Foundation and Social Enterprise NL. He has worked as creative director at Waag Society, where he has established Amsterdam's FabLab, a community maker space, and initiated the Instructables Restaurant, the world’s first open source restaurant.
