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about SETEM
SETEM is a Development NGO whose work is focused on raising awareness of the inequalities that exist between Northern and Southern countries. In particular, it aims to contribute to the sustainable development of the financial system by fostering initiatives that are engaged in social justice and the protection of natural resources like fair trade, labor insertion, or organic farming projects among others.
Los bancos puntúan bajo en sostenibilidad, transparencia y responsabilidad
El informe incluye por primera vez a bancos de economías emergentes como India o Tailandia
Madrid, Spain, Apr 28 2010 | Setem

La Red Internacional BankTrack, representada en España por la ONG SETEM, acaba de presentar su informe "Close the Gap" ("Cerrar la Brecha"), un extenso proyecto de investigación sobre las políticas gestión de activos de los principales bancos y entidades financieras[1] además de evaluar sus procedimientos de transparencia y responsabilidad.  El objetivo del informe es estimular a los bancos y a las entidades financieras para que desarrollen políticas sobre inversiones a nivel global y a que hagan públicas sus políticas y su compromiso con los objetivos sostenibles.

Este informe, realizado en colaboración con la empresa de investigación Profundo, ha analizado, puntuando…read more


BankTrack members unveil bank secrets
Six European organizations launch a revealing website: www.banksecrets.eu
Brussels, Jun 25 2009 | CRBM

Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mundiale (Italy), Friends of the Earth (France), Netwerk Vlaanderen (Belgium), Platform (UK), SETEM (Spain) and Urgewald (Germany) expose investments in harmful practices and companies of thirteen large European banks in this new…read more

Spain’s Banco Santander Criticized for Hypocrisy
Santander signs Equator Principles while financing Madeira Dam
Washington, D.C., May 13 2009 | Amazon watch

Spain’s Banco Santander, which has been facing growing criticism for being a lead financier in a highly controversial dam project in the Brazilian Amazon, recently signed on to the “Equator Principles,” a set of socially and environmentally responsible financing guidelines adopted…read more