“‘Fair’ smartphones compared: Fairphone scores better than TCO-certified smartphones”, 21 Jul 2015

A few days after the start of Fairphone's pre-order campaign for its Fairphone 2, Südwind, SOMO and the GoodElectronics network are publishing a comparative review of sustainable and social standards among ‘fair’ smartphones… Of the 34 sustainability criteria selected by SOMO, Fairphone scored beyond current industry standards on 20 criteria. Fairphone scored particularly well in terms of responsible mining, including conflict minerals, and reducing environmental and social impacts… TCO Certified scored beyond current industry standards on seven criteria… “The fact that TCO Certified smartphones do little better than non-certified smart phones is deplorable,” said [Elisabeth Schinzel of the Austrian development organisation Südwind who commissioned the report.]. "Fair production must not become a PR stunt. Whoever really wants to produce in a fair way must take this seriously and work on social responsibility for the production process."