Acement company decided to modify its production methods to minimize the negative impact of the company's activities on the environment. the company also invested in the purchase of upgraded machinery to implement this plan. in the given scenario, the cement company most likely embraced the idea of

The cement company most likely embrace the idea of sustainable development.

Explanation:

Companies use sustainable methods of production to reduce the harmful impact of the company's processes on the environment. This does not only help the environment but also helps the business in gaining customer trust and loyalty as customers are more inclined to businesses involved in ethical production practices. Also, it gives an competitive edge and improved the company's image.

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the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)