About Abbey
Suppliers
Running a UK-wide retail bank sees Santander being a significant purchaser of goods and services. We spend around £700 million every year with our business partners and have just over 3,000 recognised suppliers.
Supplier relationships
Our largest suppliers are those who provide facilities management support to our property portfolio, those who support our products through print and marketing services, and those who provide basic office provisions such as IT equipment and paper. We look to deal with suppliers in a fair and open way and we promote competition when offering contracts.
Procurement Policy
Our Procurement Policy states that we will only do business with organisations that share our commitment to treat all stakeholders fairly and ethically in accordance with the United Nations Global Compact on human rights, labour regulations, protection of the environment and anti-corruption. We aim for the highest ethical standards and expect our suppliers to do the same. For a copy of our Procurement Policy, please click on the link on the right hand side of the page.
Code of Conduct
In addition to our procurement policy, our Code of Conduct for purchasing provides staff with guidelines on how to manage supplier relationships, from the initial investigative stage through to ongoing partner management. The code aims to provide protection from obligation or undue influence, for both Santander and our business partners. Included are principles to adopt in order to maintain high standards of honesty, integrity and ethics such as declarations of interest, confidentiality and business gifts.
Information for Santander suppliers is provided in the FAQs, available via the link on the right hand side of the page. For a copy of our Terms and Conditions, please click on the link below: