Grupo Santander is a banking group centered on BancoSantander, the largest bank in the euro area, which originated in Santander,Cantabria, Spain. Santander focuses activities on Continental Europe. (Santander, Banesto, Santander Totta, Santander Consumer Finance), United Kingdom (Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley's) and Latin America under its own brand and following the integration of Banco Real.
ownership
listed on Bolsa de Madrid, Borsa Italia, London Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext
publicly listed
headquarters
Ciudad Grupo Santander. Avda. de Cantabria, s/n
28660 Boadilla del Monte (MADRID)
Spain
Santander's Social
and Environmental Policy include requirements for project finance on issues
like: biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of natural resources,
labour standards, prevention of contamination and the emission of hazardous
waste, community health and safety, land acquisition and voluntary resettlement,
indigenous villages and cultural heritage. The Group pays special attention to
the social and environmental risks of the sectors: agriculture, fishing,
livestock and forestry, infrastructure, tourist developments, energy (dams,
renewable energies, gas, oil), aquifers (desalting plants, wastewater treatment
plants), games and betting, and weapons. Apart from some exclusion criteria
there are no specific requirements for companies and the policy seems to apply
to project finance only. As such it is a repetition of the Equator Principles
and the document cannot be accredited additional points were it is already
granted points for signing these or other collective policies. Because this
policy also mentions agriculture, fishing, forestry and military industry it
will be accredited one point on these sectors too.
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arms industry and trade
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mining
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oil and gas
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power generation
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biodiversity
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corruption
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human rights
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indigenous peoples
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labour
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taxation
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accountability
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transparency
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additional information
headquarters
Ciudad Grupo Santander. Avda. de Cantabria, s/n
28660 Boadilla del Monte (MADRID)
Spain
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