Social LCA: a methodology for the application to the tourism sector

"The attention towards social, economic and environmental issues for the creation of sustainable. development patterns increases the value of a company in terms of image and credibility with customers. and business partners. Sustainability is therefore an important factor of competitiveness and integration. with the local community and all the stakeholders.. Social impacts’ evaluation is one of the cornerstones of products and services sustainability. About that,. Social Life Cycle Assessment focuses on studying the social impacts of life cycles but, as this is a. relatively new analytical approach, no globally shared application tools have been developed yet.. Because of their specific service features, touristic activities are well suited for the elaboration of data. related to social sustainability.. The Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA hereafter) methodology can be described as a tool that allows. a strategic vision and management of the social sustainability of the product and takes the form of an. analysis that lets the company observe the social impact of the product through its sustainability. evaluation throughout the life cycle."