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title: Tyson Settles Greenwashing Lawsuit 
date: 2025-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
author: Mary Katherine (MK) Terrell
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# Tyson Settles Greenwashing Lawsuit  
 

  December 5, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 [Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess "Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast") · [Tyson Settles Greenwashing Lawsuit](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/tyson-settles-greenwashing "Tyson Settles Greenwashing Lawsuit")

 [Apple](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tyson-settles-greenwashing-lawsuit/id1457734764?i=1000739864185) [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/tyson-settles-greenwashing?si=77ddfba91f1b437fab0ff3c202de967a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/17rBPAHUNrvAQgeQXN28rx?si=MFkXZie5TTe5r5J92egk3w) 

 

In a landmark settlement announced this week, Tyson Foods agreed to stop marketing its beef products as ​“climate-smart” or promising ​“net-zero by 2050” unless those claims are first verified by an independent expert. The agreement — resolving a consumer-protection lawsuit brought by Environmental Working Group (EWG) — prohibits Tyson from making or repeating such environmental claims for the next five years unless they rest on substantiated science.

For companies, the takeaway is clear: sustainability and climate-related marketing must now meet a high bar. Legal, compliance, and marketing teams should scrutinize such claims for evidentiary support and be ready for third-party verification — even in the absence of regulator-driven enforcement.

Hosted by Simone Roach. Based on a blog post by [Gonzalo E. Mon](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/gonzalo-e-mon) and [Katie Rogers](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/katie-rogers).

 

 

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