[question] Does Jolla have a conflict minerals policy?
I love my Jolla phone and the whole company ethos, so would be great to know what supply chain and factory conditions are like. The "Fairphone" currently wins Ethical Consumer's Best Buy award, but comes with hideous Android. Would be great to get Jolla onto the best buy OS and hardware lists, but I can't find a policy anywhere. Thanks!
agreed, such info would be valuble if it meets certain expectations! Just optimized your title and tags a bit.
mosen ( 2014-11-29 20:43:50 +0200 )editThe "Fairphone" currently wins Ethical Consumer's Best Buy award, but comes with hideous Android. ->
Right. Supporting Android equals supporting a system that gives incentive to phone makers to grab all conflict minerals they can get to insure their ability to keep up with the Android hardware update race in an attempt to differentiate and secure sales in the future.
In my opinion a Fairphone would be much fairer if it came loaded with Sailfish OS which is running fine on lower end, recycled hardware and does not seem to aim at 6 monthly even not yearly hardware update cycles.
vandersmash ( 2014-11-29 22:15:48 +0200 )editNot only that, but at leat equally important the manufacturing conditions: working conditions, safety, security, fair wages, no forced labor, no children explotation, freedom of expression and association (unions) and the like. I very much expect from jolla a declaration of these principles and an effective control. I'd be ashamed and would stop supporting it if any scandal like with apple and others would surface. Please think of it and respect people and nature, even if at higher costs!
melg01 ( 2014-11-30 01:06:37 +0200 )edit