#71 Software and Hardware Challenges Manufacturing Sustainable Smartphones with Agnes Crepet
Update: 2025-12-23
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How hard is it to make a mobile phone that’s low on environmental impact and big on ethics?
Perhaps a radical idea to some, but that’s one of the main aims of Faiphone, a mobile phone maker that’s all about creating systemic change from within the industry.
And as Fairphone Tech Lead Agnes Crepet explains, this goal isn’t just a lofty ambition, but something that is actually being achieved thanks to the participation of chipset makers, suppliers, factories, software vendors and everyone in between.
Since joining Fairphone over seven years ago, Agnes has helped the company deliver on the promise of creating ethical, social and environmental impact by designing and building products that put people and planet first. That means pioneering fairer working conditions, ensuring a living wage, considerations of materials and where they are sourced, and a focus on device longevity through end-user repairability and extended software support.
But, that’s only half the story…
Gaël and Agnes discuss some big topics, including:
- The evolving impact of Fairphone
- Fairphone’s unique business structure
- Making (and measuring) industry change
- Expectations when starting a sustainable company
- The big wins (and failures) they’ve had along the way
And much more.
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- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/agnescrepet
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Referenced in this episode:
- Fairphone Impact Report: https://www.fairphone.com/en/impact-report/
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