Radisson Hotel Group has added four large meetings hotels in Sweden and Denmark to its Verified Net Zero programme. The announcement, published on 1 October 2026, takes the number of Verified Net Zero hotels to nine, all in the Nordics and the United Kingdom. The group’s stated target is 100 by 2030.

The additions follow three Radisson Blu hotels in Norway that the group announced as Verified Net Zero in early September. The programme began with pilot hotels in Manchester and Oslo, according to Business Travel News Europe.

The four hotels

  • Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel, Stockholm: 414 rooms and suites, next to the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre and the central station. The congress centre has about 14,000 sq m of space, takes events of up to 3,000 participants, carries LEED Gold certification, has 1,040 sq m of solar panels and is cooled with water from the nearby Klara Sjö.
  • Radisson Blu Royal Viking Hotel, Stockholm: 15 meeting rooms, the largest for up to 180 guests. The release does not give a room count.
  • Radisson Blu Arlandia Hotel, Stockholm-Arlanda: 342 rooms and 24 meeting rooms, about 2 km from the airport.
  • Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, Copenhagen: 544 recently renovated rooms, two restaurants, two bars and 14 meeting rooms, with capacity for more than 2,000 guests.

Business Travel News Europe reports that the three Stockholm hotels have 1,215 rooms between them.

How the verification works

Each hotel is independently verified by TÜV Rheinland against the Net Zero Methodology for Hotels. For Scopes 1 and 2, the energy footprint, Radisson says the hotels use 100% renewable energy, reached through electrification, the purchase of renewable energy, or both. That covers heating, cooling, hot water, cooking, and spa and pool facilities.

Scope 3 work covers the operational and supply chain footprint: waste, menus, laundry and supplies such as amenities. Menus were developed with Klimato, a Swedish specialist, which analysed in-room dining, meetings and events catering and the breakfast buffet. Dishes carry a carbon label from A, the lowest, to E, the highest, and Radisson says the low-carbon recipes cut recipe footprints by up to 40%.

Federico J. González, the group’s global chief executive, and Inge Huijbrechts, chief sustainability and security officer, both framed the additions as evidence that the model can scale beyond pilots to large, complex meetings properties.

What is not disclosed

The release does not give emissions baselines or reductions for any of the four hotels, the capital or operating cost of conversion, or the split between on-site measures and purchased renewable energy. It does not say how any residual emissions are treated. It does not name the owners of the four properties or say who paid for the work. The 40% figure applies to individual recipes, not to a hotel’s total food footprint.

THD’s reading

  • THD analysis, on geography: all nine hotels are in markets with low-carbon grids and, in the Nordic cities, established district heating and cooling. That is where a 100% renewable Scope 1 and 2 claim is easiest to make. Getting from nine to 100 by 2030 means roughly 90 more hotels in a little over four years, and many will be in harder markets.
  • THD analysis, for owners: the cost question is unanswered. Owners approached to join the programme should ask for the capital plan, the energy contract terms and the audit fees from a comparable verified hotel before agreeing.
  • THD analysis, for meetings sales teams: choosing convention hotels is deliberate. Corporate buyers reporting their own Scope 3 emissions need event venues with third-party verified numbers, and a TÜV-verified hotel with carbon-labelled banqueting menus gives sales a documented answer.
  • THD analysis, on claims: with the EU’s EmpCo directive applying since 27 September 2026, “net zero” wording at property level will be read closely. Third-party verification helps, and so would published hotel-level data.