Environmental, Social and Governance Strategy | Santander Bank - Santander
Our approach
Our support for inclusive, sustainable growth helps customers and communities build paths to prosperity. Our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy aligns directly with overall business strategy, ensuring we stay focused on: financially empowering people, businesses, and communities; the transition to a low-carbon economy; and responsibly managing environmental and social risks.
Our ESG strategy
At Santander US, we believe that we can and should have a positive impact on the communities where we live and work. We are building paths to prosperity by focusing our efforts on three key areas:
Empower people & businesses
By expanding access to capital as well as financial education and training
Support the green economy
By helping customers transition to a low-carbon economy and achieving our sustainability goals
Foster inclusive communities
By meeting the needs of underserved individuals and communities, and by championing diversity, equity, and inclusion
Annual contributions and efforts
20,000+
People financially included
68,000+
Volunteer hours
400+
Partner organizations supported
$4.8B
Sustainable structured finance
$400M
Financed community development investments
$859M
Small business financing
$33.3M
Charitable giving
Global commitments
Since 2019, Banco Santander has made a series of global public commitments that reflect its commitment to responsible and sustainable banking.
100%
Electricity from renewable sources (2025)
€120B
Green Finance Raised or Facilitated (2025)
35%
Senior positions held by women (2025)
0%
Equal Pay Gap (2025)
Santander US Community Plan (2023-2025)
The Santander US Community Plan is a $13.6 billion, three-year commitment to our communities, including $4.6 billion in community development and $9 billion sustainable finance. You can learn more about our commitment here.
Community partnerships & philanthropy
Environment
Diversity, equity & inclusion
Governance & reports
Santander Universities
Sustainable operations
Supplier
diversity
1People financially included are those who are unbanked, underbanked, in financial distress or with difficulty accessing credit to whom we provide tailored access and finance solutions, aiming to meet local financial inclusion needs in a recurrent, comprehensive, affordable and effective way.
Personal Banking Investing Small Business Commercial Private Client
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