Green initiatives and projects

The bank – together with the largest industry organisations, including packaging manufacturers, producers of consumer goods (Coca-Cola, Unilever) and retail chains (Carrefour) – has undertaken to create a roadmap for the transition to a sustainable use of plastics in Poland by the end of 2019. We are the only bank that has been involved in this initiative. We want to support our clients in the transformation of their businesses to achieve compliance with applicable regulations and meet social expectations.

The #WeHaveCommonGoals competition 2019 is a joint action of Santander Bank Polska and Outriders. The project consisted in searching for effective solutions to important environmental problems and their impact on everyday life. On the basis of the submitted applications, a series of articles was created, which focuses on the search for methods to introduce tangible, positive changes in the environment.

Participation in the “Together for the Environment“ Partnership for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals established by the UNEP/GRID Centre. The initiative supports the creation in Poland of the best possible conditions for the achievement of the UN 2015-2030 Sustainable Development Goals, especially the ones related to natural environment. The project assumes cooperation of many parties (across different sectors and industries) within the framework of activities carried out in accordance with the principle of environmental responsibility.

In 2019. Santander Bank Polska was a strategic partner of the campaign. The action was organized once again by the UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre on the occasion of World Environment Day, this time with a main theme #BeatAirPollution.

Our participation in this event is part of building environmental awareness among both employees and customers. We have declared, among other things, that from June all marketing materials of the bank will be printed on FSC-certified, 100% recycled paper. We have also carried out a campaign targeting customers. In our branches, we encouraged them to switch to electronic channels of communication (ECC) with the bank and resign from paper correspondence.