LCA, also known as ‘eco-balancing’, enables the measurement of the environmental impact of WG-2011

It is based on two fundamental aspects:

1. The life cycle approach

The life cycle approach studies the environmental impact throughout the life cycle: the extraction of raw materials, production, usage, the elimination or recycling of all the material and of all the resources required to put on this event.

2. The multi-criteria approach
The multi-criteria approach evaluates different types of environmental damage caused by the event and highlights:

• the emission of greenhouse gases
• the impact on human health
• damage caused to the eco-systems

This global approach provides an overview of the repercussions of this event, and so we can avoid selecting a solution that would be favourable in the short-term, but whose consequences could impact other stages of the life cycle or other types of damage.
 
Thanks to this analysis, we can also identify the phases of the life cycle which cause the most damage and thereby take precautions to minimize this.

This tool thus enables us to act in an informed and responsible way!

LCA is a method which is actively promoted by the United Nations Programme for the Protection of the Environment (UNPE) and was explicitly mentioned at the Johannesburg Summit in 2001 as the scientific methodology for promoting sustainable development.