Florida sugar company’s environmental claims are ‘greenwashing’, lawsuit says

Plaintiffs say Florida Crystals' farming method that blights minority neighborhoods belies its climate-friendly claims

A major sugar company has been accused of harmful environmental practices while claiming to be a leader in the fight against the climate crisis, in a class-action lawsuit filed on Wednesday.

Florida Crystals, one of the US's biggest sugar firms, and its parent company, the Fanjul Corporation, are accused of deceiving consumers and endangering public health by continuing to use environmentally harmful pre-harvest burning.