Sugarcane Companies Accused Of Deceiving Consumers With ‘Greenwashing’ Claims

( April 2, 2025, 8:16 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A consumer filed a putative class action in California federal court against a sugarcane grower and its parent company alleging that they have deceptively marketed their sugar as environmentally friendly in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) while in fact continuing to use sugarcane harvesting practices the consumer says “poison people and the planet.”...