LIFE CYCLE APPROACH: AN APPLICATION IN THE TOURISM SECTOR

"As is well known, sustainability is an important factor in competitiveness, increasing the added value of a company in terms of image and credibility. However, it is important that sustainability assessments are effectively addressed in a global perspective, therefore, next to instruments such as, for example, the LCA, which analyze the environmental impacts throughout the life cycle of a product\/process and service, are adopted tools and approach to evaluate in more detail and also organic sustainable impacts as a strategic tool for management.. Among these, it is particularly significant that the Life Cycle Management, being still in its early stage of development, there is still applied by means globally shared, but presents methodological features extremely promising.. For these reasons, it seemed interesting to propose an application to tourism activities, for the particular characteristics of service delivery, better than others lend themselves to the development of data related to sustainability.. The objective of this work was to analyze the environmental impact of a structure with data derived from the instruments of environmental accounting and business management, as well as to assess the life cycle approach and the impacts of the activities in the accommodation facilities."