Radisson Hotel Group has added four hotels in Sweden and Denmark to its ‘Verified Net Zero’ (VNZ) programme, bringing the portfolio to a total of nine properties across Scandinavia and the UK.
All four newly added properties specialise in meetings and events. They comprise the 544-room Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel in Copenhagen, which has 14 meeting rooms, and three properties in Stockholm: the recently renovated Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel and adjacent Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, Radisson Blu Royal Viking Hotel and Radisson Blu Arlandia Hotel, close to Stockholm’s Arlanda airport.
The three Stockholm hotels collectively account for 1,215 rooms and 39 meetings and events spaces, with combined capacity for more than 950 delegates. Meanwhile, the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, which is operated by Radisson, has 14,000 sqm of event space and can accommodate up to 3,000 delegates.
Radisson said these latest additions demonstrate how the VNZ programme is expanding beyond its initial pilots in Manchester and Oslo towards a “scalable reality” that can be applied to larger meetings and events properties and “complex” infrastructure.
Inge Huijbrechts, Radisson’s chief sustainability and security officer, said: “By bringing the program to some of the [Nordic] region’s most important meetings and events venues, we are helping corporate customers, meeting planners and guests reduce the footprint of travel and events without compromising on quality, flexibility or scale.”
All Radisson VNZ properties are independently verified by technical testing and certification organisation TÜV Rheinland, according to the hotel company.
The programme follows the Net Zero Methodology for Hotels and aligns with the Science Based Targets initiative. Radisson said Scope 1 and 2 emissions are eliminated through electrification, renewable heating and cooling networks, and energy sourced from renewable sources. Scope 3 emissions are reduced across food and beverage, waste, laundry, amenities and business travel.
Radisson aims to add 100 net zero properties to the portfolio by 2030.