A California federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit alleging Apple made false claims about the carbon neutrality of its Apple Watches.
U.S. District Judge Noel Wise determined that the plaintiffs’ complaint failed to plausibly allege Apple’s carbon neutrality claims are false and dismissed the case with leave to amend.
The plaintiffs filed the Apple Watch class action lawsuit in February 2025, alleging the company made deceptive statements regarding its global emissions, specifically its marketing claims that certain Apple Watches are “carbon neutral.”
Apple moved to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the plaintiffs failed to state a claim.
In an order granting Apple’s motion to dismiss, Wise noted that the plaintiffs’ allegations were based on their own analysis of Apple’s carbon credits, which they claimed were insufficient to render the company or its Apple Watches carbon neutral.
However, the judge found that the plaintiffs’ analysis relied on unsupported assumptions and lacked validation from experts, scientists or other objective sources, making the allegations insufficient to survive a motion to dismiss.
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Who: A California federal judge dismissed a class action lawsuit filed against Apple Inc. Why: The judge determined the complaint failed to plausibly allege that Apple’s claims of carbon neutra...