Company: BCDRF
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000891478-25-000054
Chunk: 92

Company: Banco Santander, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 20-F
Chunk 92
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 out our operations. • Efficient maintenance and operational management of branches and offices — implementation of ISO (International Standards Organization) 14001/ISO 50001 and LEED 20 O&M standards as drivers for continuous improvement from an environmental perspective and to facilitate that we comply with growing sector regulation at our premises in every market where the Group operates. • Awareness and involvement of the entire organization in environment-related results. • Technology: Heating, air conditioning, lighting, automated control, new and more efficient systems at more affordable prices. • Vehicles in the Santander fleet fitted with better technology and a wider range of vehicle types in every market. • Improvements in environmental data collection to analyse trends. • The purchase of renewable energy and obtaining of energy certificates. The latest plan, Plan 2022/2025, which ended in 2024 with an investment of EUR 38.3 million, achieved a reduction of more than 69.3 GWh through efficiency measures. Additionally, we converted 213.8 GWh into renewables through contract agreements. Other outcomes of this Plan are: • Over 8,800 kW (kilowatt) of solar panels for self-consumption with a self-production of 18.5 GWh in Brazil, Chile and Spain, which houses two of Europe’s largest solar installations on office buildings and data centres, enabling us to reduce our scope 2 emissions. • 37% of our workforce work at premises with a buildings or energy efficiency certification or standard (LEED, Breeam 21 , ISO). These certifications reflect our efforts to reduce fuel, electricity, paper and

water consumption, as well as scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Examples include the recently confirmed Breeam Excellent certification of our new UK HQ (Headquarters), Unity Place, in Milton Keynes (almost 80,000 m 2 ), and of the Hernán Cortés building in Spain. • 96% certified renewable electricity either certified purchased or self-produced in our 10 core markets, helps reduce our scope 2 emissions. • 2,103 electric vehicle parking spaces at our buildings and commercial offices across our footprint. This is well above the 1,250 target we included in the 2025 plan. Even with the objective to electric vehicles, Santander continues to follow a policy of using company shuttles, encouraging the use of public transport, and implementing car sharing initiatives as part of a more efficient employee commuting model. Our 2030 Efficiency Plan for the Group builds on our