Fairphone designs and sells modular, repairable smartphones and audio products with an explicit focus on fair labour, responsible sourcing, and longevity.
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Fairphone has built genuine climate and circularity credentials: 48% absolute emissions cuts since 2022, SBTi-validated net-zero targets, 100% e-waste neutrality, and third-party audited KPIs. Weaknesses are real: supply chain renewable energy covers only key production steps, water footprint remains unquantified, and nature impact assessment is still risk-mapping rather than verified reduction outcomes.
Fairphone scores 64/100 (Leading practice) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified May 2026.
That places Fairphone joint 3rd of 847 companies scored, and 1st of 33 in Electronics / Hardware.
Fairphone is the highest-scoring electronics / hardware company we've rated.
Among the 33 major electronics / hardware brands we've scored, Fairphone sits 1st of 33.
Its two lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No published absolute water consumption for operations or supply chain; no year-on-year reduction targets.
Minor gaps in Scope 1 granularity prevent higher score.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Emissions Trajectory and Resource Use & Waste (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Carbon Footprint — Operations (6/10, 7/10).
Fairphone leads its sector. These are the next 3 down.
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Fairphone designs and sells modular, repairable smartphones and audio products with an explicit focus on fair labour, responsible sourcing, and longevity. Founded in 2013 in Amsterdam, it operates as a for-profit company competing in the consumer electronics sector against major incumbents by emphasizing durability, user repairability, and supply chain transparency.
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