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Referente a proteĆ§Ć£o e conservaĆ§Ć£o do meio ambiente, o desenvolvimento sustentĆ”vel estĆ” sendo fielmente propagado como uma possibilidade de melhoria de vida. A deterioraĆ§Ć£o do meio ambiente e saĆŗde pĆŗblica estĆ” tambĆ©m relacionado com a poluiĆ§Ć£o industrial, que vem se agravando cada dia mais, e por consequĆŖncia, forƧando uma nova postura das empresas, no sentido de diminuir de modo significante os impactos ambientais que causam, principalmente das empresas fabricantes de produtos quĆmicos como tintas e vernizes, que sĆ£o normalmente mais tĆ³xicas que outros tipos de produtos. Neste sentido, com a falta de um trabalho na literatura portuguesa, envolvendo um estudo sobre uma grande quantidade de empresas portuguesas fabricantes de tintas destinadas Ć construĆ§Ć£o civil, com intuito de verificar o pensamento ambiental que estas indĆŗstrias portuguesas possuem, sendo assim, este trabalho objetiva-se em analisar o nĆvel de comprometimento ambiental das organizaƧƵes fabricantes de tintas, ou seja, aproximadamente 60% das empresas de tintas de Portugal, destinadas a construĆ§Ć£o civil, com intuito de informatizar como que estĆ” sendo tratado e discutido o meio ambiente pela maioria destas indĆŗstrias, destacando-se a dimensĆ£o das empresas analisadas. Assim desenvolveu-se uma estrutura teĆ³rica com o auxĆlio da pesquisa bibliogrĆ”fica, de modo em abranger os principais pontos da fabricaĆ§Ć£o da tinta para construĆ§Ć£o civil, desde a compra da matĆ©ria-prima, processo produtivo e aplicaĆ§Ć£o do produto, destacando as possĆveis toxicidade que essas etapas podem apresentar, e infelizmente influenciar na saĆŗde do ser humano. ApĆ³s a pesquisa detalhada sobre o processo de fabricaĆ§Ć£o da tinta e a sua toxicidade, foi necessĆ”rio buscar o maior nĆŗmero de empresas para a continuaĆ§Ć£o deste trabalho, logo 41 empresas portuguesas, de diferentes regiƵes do paĆs se disponibilizaram em responderem a um questionĆ”rio criado exclusivamente para essa pesquisa, onde foi enviado por correio eletrĆ³nico e em alguns casos aplicado pessoalmente. Com a aquisiĆ§Ć£o dos questionĆ”rios respondidos, foi utilizado o Excel para organizar os dados e o software statistical Package for the Social Sciences, SPSS (IBM Ā®), versĆ£o 22.0, para realizar toda a parte estatĆstica necessĆ”ria, e principalmente para realizar os testes de hipĆ³teses, que foram extremamente importantes para os resultados e conclusƵes encontradas neste trabalho. Sucintamente, apĆ³s obter-se todos os resultados com o auxĆlio da pesquisa de campo e pesquisa exploratĆ³ria, levou-nos a perceber que existem indĆŗstrias que possuem o comprometimento com o meio ambiente, obtendo representantes de todas as dimensƵes, mas as dimensƵes mĆ©dias e grandes possuem melhores resultados. PorĆ©m, a maioria das empresas analisadas nĆ£o demonstraram obter o comprometimento ambiental, faltando setores e atividades essenciais para minimizarem alguns impactos ambientais, e auxiliarem na diminuiĆ§Ć£o da fabricaĆ§Ć£o de produtos com um alto Ćndice de toxicidade.
For the protection and conservation of the environment, sustainable development is being faithfully propagated as a possibility for the improvement of life. The deterioration of the environment and public health is also related to industrial pollution, which has been worsening every day, and consequently, forcing a new attitude from the companies in order to decrease the significant environmental impacts caused by manufacturers of chemicals such as paints and varnishes, which are usually more toxic than other types of products. In this sense, with the lack of a research in the Portuguese literature involving a study of a large number of Portuguese manufacturers of paints intended for civil construction, approximately 60% of the companies of paints in Portugal, and to verify the environmental thinking that these Portuguese industries have, this work aims to examine the level of environmental commitment of paint manufacturers and to analyse the environmental approach for most of these industries, with respect to their dimensions. Thus, after the development of a theoretical structure with the aid of the bibliographical research, that should include the main points of paint manufacturing for construction, from the purchase of raw materials, production process and product application, highlighting the possible toxicity that these steps may present, and the influence on human health. After detailed research on the manufacturing process of the paint and its toxicity, it was necessary to sample the largest number of companies for the continuation of this work. For this purpose, 41 Portuguese companies from different regions of the country provided their answers to a questionnaire created exclusively for this research, replying either by email or, in some cases, personally. The date from the questionnaires was organized using Excel and the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, SPSS (IBM Ā®), version 22.0. The latter software was used mainly to perform all the necessary statistical analysis, and to perform the tests of hypotheses, which were extremely important for the results and conclusions found in this work. Briefly, after all the results obtained through field and exploratory research, led us to realize that there are industries that show a certain commitment to the environment, getting representatives from small, medium and large dimensions. However, most of the companies analysed did not demonstrate to have an environmental commitment, missing sectors and activities essential to minimise some environmental impacts, and to act in the manufacturing reduction of products with a high level of toxicity.
For the protection and conservation of the environment, sustainable development is being faithfully propagated as a possibility for the improvement of life. The deterioration of the environment and public health is also related to industrial pollution, which has been worsening every day, and consequently, forcing a new attitude from the companies in order to decrease the significant environmental impacts caused by manufacturers of chemicals such as paints and varnishes, which are usually more toxic than other types of products. In this sense, with the lack of a research in the Portuguese literature involving a study of a large number of Portuguese manufacturers of paints intended for civil construction, approximately 60% of the companies of paints in Portugal, and to verify the environmental thinking that these Portuguese industries have, this work aims to examine the level of environmental commitment of paint manufacturers and to analyse the environmental approach for most of these industries, with respect to their dimensions. Thus, after the development of a theoretical structure with the aid of the bibliographical research, that should include the main points of paint manufacturing for construction, from the purchase of raw materials, production process and product application, highlighting the possible toxicity that these steps may present, and the influence on human health. After detailed research on the manufacturing process of the paint and its toxicity, it was necessary to sample the largest number of companies for the continuation of this work. For this purpose, 41 Portuguese companies from different regions of the country provided their answers to a questionnaire created exclusively for this research, replying either by email or, in some cases, personally. The date from the questionnaires was organized using Excel and the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, SPSS (IBM Ā®), version 22.0. The latter software was used mainly to perform all the necessary statistical analysis, and to perform the tests of hypotheses, which were extremely important for the results and conclusions found in this work. Briefly, after all the results obtained through field and exploratory research, led us to realize that there are industries that show a certain commitment to the environment, getting representatives from small, medium and large dimensions. However, most of the companies analysed did not demonstrate to have an environmental commitment, missing sectors and activities essential to minimise some environmental impacts, and to act in the manufacturing reduction of products with a high level of toxicity.
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IndĆŗstrias de tintas e vernizes Tintas imobiliĆ”rias Teste de hipĆ³tese EstatĆstica Comprometimento ambiental Sustentabilidade Impactos ambientais Toxicidade Paints and varnishes industries Real estate paints Hypothesis testing Statistics Environmental commitment Sustainability Environmental impacts Toxicity