Apple could no longer advertise its Apple Watch in Germany as a “CO2 neutral product” in Germany. Retained the complaint from Environmental expert, Find That the American tech company misled consumers.
According to a Frankfurt regional court statement, Apple promoted claims made by a judges’ panel to violate the baseless and German competitive law online as “our first CO2 neutral product”.
A apple SpokesmanThe court’s decision said that “maintained our strict approach to carbon neutrality” and refused to comment on whether the company would appeal on Tuesday’s decision.
In June, Apple said the German litigation was “at risk of discouraging a credible corporate climate,” Apple said.
Nevertheless, a spokeswoman quoted a report on Tuesday that Apple will use the ‘carbon neutral’ label for compliance with EU legislation to ban the use of such conditions in September 2026.
Apple has based on a project of carbon neutrality on a project that it works in Paraguay to remove the emission by planting eucalyptus trees on the lease ground.
Are the gardens of eucalyptus Has been criticized Through environmentalists, who claim that such monopoly damages biological diversity and require excessive use of water, which gives them ‘green desert’ nicknames.
However, the Frankfurt Court said that 75 % of the project area was not saved more than 2029 and that the company could not guarantee that the contracts would be extended.
“There is no safe future for the continuation of the forest project,” the statement said.
Along with Apple, Meta and Microsoft have also invested similar projects in Latin America in exchange for carbon credit.
Environmental expert Deutsche Emuelfat (Doha), who brought a lawsuit against Apple, praised the decision as a success against “Green Washing”.
“CO2 storage in commercial eucalyptus gardens is limited to just a few years, the future guarantees are not sufficient and the environmental integrity of the monoclastic areas is not guaranteed.”
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