Sugarcane Companies Deny ‘Greenwashing’ Practices To Deceive Consumers

( May 12, 2025, 12:59 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A sugarcane grower and its parent company moved in California federal court to dismiss a consumer’s putative class action alleging that they deceptively marketed their sugar as environmentally friendly in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), writing that the plaintiff didn’t buy a mislabeled product and that their sugar labels wouldn’t deceive reasonable consumers as to their harvest practices....