Over the last months, Rank a Brand has performed a major checkup of the electronics sector, in collaboration with Milieudefensie (the Dutch chapter of Friends of the Earth International). Whereas the labour conditions and environmental problems in the garment industry hit the news daily last year, times were relatively quiet for the electronics industry. Undeserved, because the electronics sector is lagging behind. Is newcomer Fairphone bringing the change that is urgently needed?