Most of my purchasing is done online because in the UK the high street usually doesn’t offer that many ‘ethical’ options. There are some but mainly independent stores.
You could potentially ask the Phone Co-op to use their partnership with the Co-operative stores network to offer the Fairphone in their stores. They could also look to use their relationship with the Midcounties Co-operative to try and cross-sell, as they also operate the Co-operative Energy which their customers may be interested in the Fairphone. (I think @anon90052001 might have a better understanding of all this following the Phone Co-op AGM this weekend!). The main Co-operative Group operate the Co-operative Electrical store, and if the Phone Co-op could encourage either cross-selling opportunities or even just the outright purchase of phones through here, that would be a benefit to all 3 businesses. The Phone Co-op also do business with the Green Party and are promoting the Fairphone here too, but more could be done I think from the Green Party side. As it happens, I’m a member of all these co-operative and groups!
Some other webstores that I use that offer ethical consumer products including limited electronics:
I’d really like to see the Fairphone (2) on Wegreen.de. It’s not exactly a reseller but rather a database of products from different online stores with a rating system compiled from various sources
Hi!
I’m from Buenos Aires, Argentina and I’m creating with a friend a social enterprise : an online (and maybe someday physical too) store of ethical products only. And we’d love and be proud to sell Fairphone!
Please write me to maum@mauromiceli.com whenever you are ready to export to Argentina.
Thanks!
Mauro
www.maum.soy
I’m adding @anon70572005, to make sure, the FP team knows about your enterprise and will consider selling the FP there. I think it would be a nice way to start FP sales in South America.
As for the Netherlands I would suggest that you contact independent phone sellers (like The Phone House, is it still independent?). With the first run you did only business with KPN. This might have been necessary for you to start up sales, but it in not very costumer friendly, because consumers are obliged to us the KPN network.
All fair trade worldshops from Artisans du Monde. They have a network of shops in the entire country, which are managed by local associations and activists. They sell fair trade products already, both foodstuffs and handicrafts, and some of them partner with local initiatives to offer other products, e.g. locally grown agricultural products. http://www.artisansdumonde.org/
The small network of Altermundi shops. They sell ethical and fair trade products in Paris and might be opening a couple more in France in the next few years. http://www.altermundi.com/
Hi there for Belgium there is the option of OXFAM fairtrade shops maybe? They are everywhere in the country and they are since many years supporting fairtrade. Also there is het Natuurhuis a family owned supermarket that sells organic and biological food and also has a lot of sustainable products for sale.
Lastly there is a small but clean store in Antwerp, Today is a good day selling fair and ecological clothes and accesories. Even if it’s a small and local store their target group has the money and the willingness to pay for a fair phone.
I’m notifying @anon70572005. Besides being Fairphone’s account manager, she is German, so she will also understand what you are talking about over at the Fairmondo Forum.
Yes, we have been in contact with Fairmondo for a while already, I have commented on this in this forum before. We would love to make a cooperation possible but in the past a full shop integration between the two systems was impossible and Fairmondo could not take stock at this point. We are also still a small team and capacity is also for us always a challenge. But we will stay in touch and hopefully for the next phone there will be a way to cooperate that benefits Fairmondo, Fairphone and our customers at the same time to take another step towards a fairer economy:)
As the discussion in the Fairmondo Forum goes, buying a stock of phones would not be too difficult this time. If there is anything I can do to help please tell me