LAST UPDATE: 09/04/2025

Banco Santander considers employees’ health as part of our culture and strategy. All our people work to build a workplace where health, safety and well-being are a fundamental component of their day to day.

Our Global health, safety and well-being policy aims to promote healthy lifestyles and create long-term value for employees and broader society. This policy applies to all the Group’s markets and strictly complies with the local laws where we operate.

To make sure we follow this policy in every market and division, we have local health and well-being and occupational risk prevention teams, supported by a global team.

Safety and prevention to reduce risk

¹ Average employee rating of the statement “Employees’ health and well-being is a priority at Santander”, in line with the sector benchmark.

² Average employee rating of the statement 'Santander offers me the support I need in terms of physical and mental well-being to perform my job', in the top 25% of the financial sector.

We follow internal charters and sector-wide collective agreements. We also work closely with trade unions to revise occupational risk plans and adapt them to new requirements.

In every subsidiary with over 500 employees (accounting for 99% of the Group), our people are covered under robust occupational health and safety systems and policies in compliance with local risk prevention standards and best practices.

We revise our plans with employees’ councils through regular reviews that cover safe working conditions, emergency blueprints and postural hygiene measures. They also consider first aid training, emergency response, and the participation of employee delegates on health and safety committees.

BeHealthy, our global well-being programme

We launched our global well-being programme, BeHealthy, nine years ago to promote employee health and well-being. BeHealthy is based on four pillars:

Each subsidiary draws up an annual schedule of initiatives on mental, emotional and physical health in view of these pillars. In 2024, over 64,000 employees took part in local BeHealthy initiatives.

This year, our main event is on 9 April — just after World Health Day on 7 April —, where we’ll be running in-person and online activities that cover each of the programme’s pillars. 

Throughout the year, our employees also have use of Wellhub, Limeaid, Betterfly, Thrive and other health and well-being programmes and services to stay physically and mentally active. 

Promoting a healthy lifestyle is beneficial for everyone. It creates an optimal environment where employees feel more motivated and enables the bank to help them develop their careers and grow as people.