Apple Accused Of Greenwashing In Us Lawsuit

A group of Apple Watch buyers have filed a lawsuit in Silicon Valley accusing the tech giant of exaggerating how environmentally friendly production of the smart wristwear is.

A civil suit filed Wednesday argues that two nature-based projects Apple cites to back claims of carbon neutrality are areas where trees would be growing regardless of whether the tech company was involved.

'Apple's carbon neutrality claims are false and misleading because both projects fail to provide genuine, additional carbon reductions,' the suit contends.

Apple, however, rejects the claims, telling AFP Thursday the company had 'drastically cut emissions for Apple Watch by over 75, and we are investing significantly in nature-based projects to remove hundreds of thousands of metric tons of carbon from the air.'