Author/Authors :
Sharaai, Amir Hamzah university of malaya - Fakulti Sains, Institut Sains Biologi, Malaysia , Sharaai, Amir Hamzah Malaysia Life Cycle Assessment (MyLCA) Network, Malaysia , Bakri, Sitty Nur Syafa Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Pusat Pengajian Sains Sekitaran dan Sumber Alam, Malaysia , Bakri, Sitty Nur Syafa Malaysia Life Cycle Assessment (MyLCA) Network, Malaysia , Said, Saidah Md Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Pusat Pengajian Sains Sekitaran dan Sumber Alam, Malaysia , Said, Saidah Md Malaysia Life Cycle Assessment (MyLCA) Network, Malaysia
Abstract :
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is part of environmental management tools. Other tools have similarity with the LCA that cause confusion to practitioners. An analysis has been carried out to overcome this matter. The analysis is described based on three aspects: general, contextual and method. The analysis show that LCA is used in several management tools to achieve the goal of the approaches. LCA and other environmental management approaches are also essential for sustainable environment. The comprehensive and sufficient data are necessary to all environment management tools in order to ensure the objective from each tools are achieved.
Keywords :
Sustainable development , life cycle assessment (LCA) , environmental management approaches , environmental management tools
