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We ensure all your events with Radisson Hotel Group Americas are carbon neutral.

Automatic global offsetting for carbon neutral meetings

As part of our pledge to pursue a greener future at Radisson Hotel Group Americas, we’ve committed to offsetting the carbon cost of every meeting or event held at our 600+ hotels in operation in the Americas and 1200+ in operation globally. Whether you’re hosting a business conference or a personal celebration, we neutralize the environmental cost, at no cost to you.

To do so, we’ve partnered with First Climate, one of the world’s largest carbon offset organizations, and we also contribute to individual projects that reduce emissions and have a positive social impact. Our efforts are aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and tracked by eco-labels such as Green Key, so you can be sure we’re doing our best to strive for environmental best practice.

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How it works

To ensure we accurately offset carbon costs, we first calculate each hotel’s carbon footprint using the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI). The leading carbon calculator for the hospitality industry, HCMI allows us to pinpoint the carbon emissions for each meeting space. We then offset these with our partners’ help. Our promise to make meetings carbon neutral includes the following pledges:

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No planning required

Worried about reaching your sustainability goals? We take the burden off our clients by making carbon neutral meetings planning-free on your end.

Free to our clients

It doesn’t matter if your meeting is large or small, business or personal in nature, we make sure it’s carbon neutral at no additional cost to you or your business.

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Meets sustainability requirements

We stay transparent and accountable by aligning with initiatives like the UN Sustainable Development Goals and seeking certification from global auditors like Green Key and EarthCheck.

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Global implementation

We’re implementing our carbon neutral meetings initiative for all of our hotel brands at each of our 600+ hotels in operation in the Americas and 1200+ in operation globally.

Projects we support

Our efforts support five specific projects in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Each of these projects have earned either Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard certification or a Gold standard rating from the Gold Standard Foundation. Additionally, these projects align with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, creating a variety of benefits for the local community as well as improving the environment.

Europe, Middle East and Africa

To offset 50% of hotels’ carbon footprint in this region, we invest in wind farms that generate sustainable energy. For the other 50%, we invest in clean cookstoves in Kenya, which contribute to healthier indoor air quality and the fight against deforestation.

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The Americas

For the Americas, we account for half of your meeting’s carbon footprint with investments in wind farms that generate sustainable energy. Planting Brazil nuts in Peru covers the remaining 50%.

Asia Pacific

The carbon offsetting program for our Asia Pacific hotels invests in rural biogas installations in India. These result in healthier indoor air quality and a lowered rate of deforestation.

The impact of carbon offsetting

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In summary, we ensure that every meeting and event at our more than 1,450 hotels worldwide is 100% carbon neutral. That’s a program unprecedented in scale for the hospitality industry. The results? Not only do communities receive the economic benefits of the projects we invest in, but we’re also offsetting 38,300 tons of CO₂ each year: the equivalent of taking 8,300 cars off the road. Plan your meetings with Radisson and be a part of making the way we do business more ethical and sustainable.

Our climate partnerships

First Climate

We are proud to work with First Climate, one of the largest carbon offsetting organizations worldwide, to assist with corporations’ goals to minimize their carbon footprint.