Vodafone Group Plc VODAFONE AND FAIRPHONE - STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
01 Noviembre 2019 - 01:00AM
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Vodafone Group Plc
01 November 2019
VODAFONE AND FAIRPHONE ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO BRING
ETHICAL FAIRPHONE 3 SMARTPHONE TO VODAFONE'S EUROPEAN CUSTOMERS
1 November 2019 - Vodafone and Fairphone today announced a
strategic partnership to offer the more ethical, reliable and
sustainable Fairphone 3 to Vodafone retail customers in European
markets including the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Ireland by the
end of 2019.
Vodafone and Fairphone will also collaborate on best practice
and share knowledge on key industry sustainability issues including
the circular economy, electronic waste and responsible
sourcing.
This partnership with Fairphone aligns with Vodafone's purpose
to improve the lives of 1 billion people while halving its
environmental impact by 2025.
This commitment by Vodafone includes halving its carbon
footprint and purchasing all electricity from renewable sources by
2025, and Vodafone has committed to reuse, resell or recycle 100%
of its network waste and help customers extend the lives of the
devices they already own.
Vodafone Group Chief Commercial Operations & Strategy
Officer Ahmed Essam said: "At Vodafone, we're working hard to build
a digital future that works for everyone and this strategic
partnership between Vodafone and Fairphone brings together our
expertise as Europe's leading and largest converged technology
communications company with the recognised expert in sustainable
smartphones."
Fairphone CEO, Eva Gouwens said: "Fairphone is showing that
there is a market for more ethical phones to inspire the rest of
the industry to produce more ethically. Working with a large
operator such as Vodafone helps to bring sustainable electronics to
the mainstream market and therefore this is one of the strongest
signals we can send to the rest of the industry."
Fairphone is working to inspire the electronics industry to
produce more sustainably by creating scalable models that can be
replicated and by showing that there is demand for more ethical
electronics.
The new Fairphone 3 is the third-generation Fairphone smartphone
and builds on the company's ambitions for fairer, more sustainable
electronics with the insights gained from creating its two previous
devices.
Fairphone 3 is a durable Android smartphone based on a modular
design that allows for different elements such as the screen,
battery and camera to be repaired easily. This helps to extend the
life of the device and thus minimises its environmental
footprint.
Fairphone actively encourages the re-use and repairs of its
handsets, offering recycling options and invests in recycling
programmes to buy back e-waste from landfills in Africa for safe
recycling in Europe.
As an industry leader in responsible sourcing, Fairphone traces
materials used in Fairphone 3 to their source and incorporates
fairer, recycled and responsibly mined materials such as Fairtrade
gold. The company also works with suppliers to establish better
working conditions and better worker representation for people
employed in the manufacturing industry.
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Images are available from the Fairphone brand library here:
https://brand.fairphone.com/d/DPjVTn3eNTDQ/fairphone-3
Further information:
Vodafone Group
Media relations Investor relations
GroupMedia@vodafone.com IR@vodafone.co.uk
Fairphone
Fabian Hühne and Lora Haspels
Email: fabian@fairphone.com and lora@fairphone.com
Tel: +31 20 788 44 02
About Vodafone Group
Vodafone Group is one of the world's leading technology
communications companies. We have extensive experience in
connectivity, convergence and the Internet of Things, as well as
championing mobile financial services and digital transformation in
emerging markets.
Vodafone Group has mobile operations in 24 countries, partners
with mobile networks in 42 more, and fixed broadband operations in
19 markets. As of 30 June 2019, Vodafone Group had approximately
640 million mobile customers, 21 million fixed broadband customers
and 14 million TV customers, including all of the customers in
Vodafone's joint ventures and associates. For more information,
please visit: www.vodafone.com.
About Fairphone
Fairphone is a social enterprise that is building a movement for
fairer electronics. By making a phone, we're opening up the supply
chain and creating new relationships between people and their
products. We're making 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. Together with
our community, we're changing the way products are made.
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