{"id":305393,"date":"2024-02-29T18:15:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=305393"},"modified":"2024-02-29T18:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:15:24","slug":"new-york-ag-sues-beef-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=305393","title":{"rendered":"New York AG Sues Beef Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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February 28, 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

NEW YORK \u2013 New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings (JBS USA)<\/a>, the American subsidiary of the world\u2019s largest producer of beef products, for misleading the public about its environmental impact. JBS USA has claimed that it will achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, despite documented plans to increase production, and therefore increase its carbon footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beef production emits the most greenhouse gasses of any major food commodity, and animal agriculture accounts for 14.5 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2021, the JBS Group, JBS USA\u2019s global parent company, reported total global greenhouse gas emissions of over 71 million tons, more than the total emissions of some countries. Attorney General James seeks to stop JBS USA from continuing these false and misleading marketing practices, pay disgorgement of all ill-gotten profits, and penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2024\/attorney-general-james-sues-worlds-largest-beef-producer-misrepresenting<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This is the latest in an increasing series of Greenwashing suits around the world. Some notable examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greenwashing in finance: Deutsche Bank<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Deutsche Bank came under investigation for investment fraud within DWS, which manages about \u20ac928 billion ($994 billion) in assets1<\/sup>. Allegations that investors were misled about its \u201cgreen\u201d investments led to police raids, where evidence was collected that ESG factors had not been taken into account at all in many of the investments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.circularise.com\/blogs\/greenwashing-lawsuits-in-businesses-part-2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Greenwashing in automotive: Volkswagen AG Clean Diesel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Automaker Volkswagen pleaded guilty to installing software designed with the intention to mislead regulators and consumers about their diesel vehicle emissions. Multiple class action suits were also filed against them for false advertising in their \u201cClean Diesel\u201d advertising campaign, in which they claimed that these vehicles were \u201clow-emission,\u201d \u201cenvironmentally friendly,\u201d \u201cmet emissions standards,\u201d and \u201cwould maintain a high resale value.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.circularise.com\/blogs\/greenwashing-lawsuits-in-businesses-part-2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Greenwashing in bioplastics: Danimer Scientific, Inc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Shareholders have filed a class action suit against biopolymer plastics manufacturer Danimer. The company claims its proprietary plastic substitute, Nodax, is 100% biodegradable, renewable and sustainable. However, an investigative article published in The Wall Street Journal and subsequent reports alleged that Danimer\u2019s products were not able to completely biodegrade in oceans and landfills as claimed. This caused Danimer\u2019s stock price to plummet, and their investors to incur serious losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.circularise.com\/blogs\/greenwashing-lawsuits-in-businesses-part-2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The overall lesson seems to be, don\u2019t pander to environmentalists, it will come back to haunt you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a\u00a0lawsuit against JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings (JBS USA), the American subsidiary of the world\u2019s largest producer of beef products, for misleading the public about its environmental impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":305400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a\u00a0lawsuit against JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings (JBS USA), the American subsidiary of the world\u2019s largest producer of beef products, for misleading the public about its environme","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691827307,691818076,691827309,691824085,691819451,691818154,691827308],"class_list":{"0":"post-305393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-beef-production","9":"tag-co2","10":"tag-danimer-scientific","11":"tag-deutsche-bank","12":"tag-greenwashing","13":"tag-net-zero","14":"tag-volkswagen-ag","16":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0greenwashing.jpg?fit=1800%2C1010&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1hrH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":307301,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=307301","url_meta":{"origin":305393,"position":0},"title":"No AP, New York Lawsuit Claims About Beef and Greenhouse Gases are Bogus","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"11\/03\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A\u00a0story from The Associated Press\u00a0(AP) reports that New York\u2019s attorney general Letitia James has filed a lawsuit alleging that a meat producing company, JBS USA, was being misleading when it claimed it will achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. 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