Communication on Progress

Memoria de Sostenibilidad 2007 - Banco Santander Chile

Participant
Published
  • 24-Sep-2008
Time period
  • January 2007  –  December 2007
Links
Description

  • The document is posted in the banks web page for the free access of all the community and clients in the next link: http://www.santander.cl/contenidos/info_corporativa/Resp_social_2005/index.htm

    All the shareholders receive the document in the annual shareholder meeting. Universities, government authorities, the top 100 executives of the bank, people who are experts in their fields receive it by mail with a note from the CEO.

Principles covered
  • Principle 1 - Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights
  • Principle 2 - Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses
  • Principle 3 - Businesses should uphold freedom of association & effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining
  • Principle 4 - The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour
  • Principle 5 - The effective abolition of child labour
  • Principle 6 - Eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation
  • Principle 7 - Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges
  • Principle 8 - Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility
  • Principle 9 - Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies
  • Principle 10 - Businesses should work against all forms of corruption, including extortion and bribery
Languages
  • Spanish