Criteria
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The criteria group includes all types of hotels and other accommodation – with or without restaurants and / or conference facilities.
A company certified by the Nordic Swan Ecolabel meets ambitious environmental requirements and has taken a holistic approach to its environmental work connected to energy, water, food, waste, biological diversity, chemicals and procurement. The hotel has an active and structured approach to reduce its consumption and optimize operations.
The criteria for a Nordic Swan Ecolabelled hotel and other accomodation include:
- Limit value for energy use
- Prohibition of fossil oil or gas for heating.
- Energy and CO2-reducing measures to limit the environmental footprint.
- Limit value for water use
- Efficient use of water
- Limit value for residual waste
- Effective sorting of waste to ensure recycling of materials and more circular use of resources
- Implementing routines to prevent food waste.
- No use of disposable items in daily serving.
- Strict environmental demands for single use items for catering, take-away and fast food
- Reduction of environmental footprint by serving more sustainable food.
- Measures to ensure biological diversity on the hotel grounds
- Use of ecolabelled products for general cleaning, dishwashing and laundry to limit undesirable chemicals.
- Use of several ecolabelled products and services.
- Training of employees to include everyone in the environmental work.
- Criteria document version 5.6 (Norwegian)
Valid until 31-12-2026, Publish date 07-07-2024 - Criteria document version 5.6 (English)
Valid until 31-12-2026, Publish date 07-07-2024 - Criteria document version 5.6 (Danish)
Valid until 31-12-2026, Publish date 09-07-2024 - Criteria document for product group 055 version 5.6 (Swedish)
Valid until 31-12-2026, Publish date 10-07-2024
National fee
Valid from 01-01-2024 til 31-12-2024
Publish date: 25-09-2023
| Application fee (incl. one inspection visit within the Nordic region)* | 2,384 € |
| Fee per additional unit in a chain** (incl. one inspection visit within the Nordic region)* - if applications are coordinated centrally by same contact person | 1,625 € |
| Annual licence fee for Denmark based on turnover per unit + VAT: | |
| Unit total turnover + VAT 0-1,8 mio. € | 0.10 % |
| Unit total turnover + VAT > 1,8 mio. € | 0.03 % |
| Minimum fee for Denmark per unit per year | 1,083 € |
| Maximum fee for Danmark per unit per year | 4,000 € |
| Alternatively, a chain with more than 5 certified units can pay a fixed rate per unit** | 1,731 € |
| Renewal fee - by new generation of requirements*/*** | 1,192 € |
| Fee per additional unit in a chain** - following the same rules as for applications, excl. inspection visit | 812 € |
| Inspection visit (per visit): | |
| More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region | 541 € |
| Extension/change of existing licence:**** | |
| Case handling < 4 hours | 406 € |
| Case handling < 8 hours | 812 € |
| Case handling ≥ 8 hours | 1,1625 € |
* If an accommodation also has dining facilities and conference facilities at the same address, it counts as one single unit.
** A chain is defined as units with identical brands and same concepts, which certify at least 5 hotels and apply for a license coordinated as well as have coordination during the validity period of the licenses.
*** The renewal fee only applies if the application has been signed and submitted before end of the validity of the licence. Else the normal application fee will apply.
**** Administrative tasks that takes less than 1 hour will not be invoiced.
All fees are exclusive of VAT. All information related to fees is subject to a disclaimer for errors and omissions.
The recipient is liable for the VAT according to article 56 of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
National fee
Valid from 01-01-2025 til 31-12-2025
Publish date: 13-09-2024
| Application fee (incl. one inspection visit within the Nordic region)* | 2,455 € |
| Fee per additional unit in a chain (incl. one inspection visit within the Nordic region)* - if applications are coordinated centrally by same contact person** | 1,673 € |
| Annual licence fee for Denmark based on turnover per unit + VAT: | |
| Unit total turnover + VAT 0-1,854 mio. € | 0.10 % |
| Unit total turnover + VAT > 1,854 mio. € | 0.03 % |
| Minimum fee for Denmark per unit per year | 1,115 € |
| Maximum fee for Danmark per unit per year | 4,464 € |
| Alternatively, a chain with more than 5 certified units can pay a fixed rate per unit** | 1,782 € |
| Renewal fee - by new generation of requirements* | 1,227 € |
| Fee per additional unit in a chain - following the same rules as for applications** | 836 € |
| Inspection visit (per visit): | |
| More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region | 557 € |
| Extension/change of existing licence:*** | |
| Case handling < 4 hours | 418 € |
| Case handling < 8 hours | 836 € |
| Case handling ≥ 8 hours | 1,673 € |
* If an accommodation also has dining facilities and conference facilities at the same address, it counts as one single unit.
** A chain is defined as units with identical brands and same concepts, which certify at least 5 hotels and apply for a license coordinated as well as have coordination during the validity period of the licenses.
*** The renewal fee only applies if the application has been signed and submitted before end of the validity of the licence. Else the normal application fee will apply.
**** Administrative tasks that takes less than 1 hour will not be invoiced.
All fees are exclusive of VAT. All information related to fees is subject to a disclaimer for errors and omissions.
The recipient is liable for the VAT according to article 56 of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
How to apply for a certification
This product group is digitized.
You will find application guides and tools to help you with your application under the CRITERIA tab on this page. Application must be submitted via the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal, where you also upload your documentation.
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