E155 Exposing the Eco-Facade: How Non-Dairy Brands Mislead with Greenwashing

Key Exposés

1. Oatly’s Greenwashing Scandal

• In January twenty twenty-one, Oatly falsely claimed its Barista Edition produced seventy-three percent less carbon dioxide equivalent versus dairy milk.

• The UK Advertising Standards Authority received one hundred nine complaints about misleading ads featuring children shaming dairy consumption.

• Excluded transportation emissions in calculations while counting full dairy production impacts.

2. California’s Almond Water Crisis

• Almond farms expanded from six hundred forty thousand to one point six four million acres (twenty zero-four to twenty twenty-one).

• Now use four point nine to five point seven million acre-feet of water yearly—seventeen percent of California’s agricultural water.

• Draining groundwater reserves, leaving rural wells dry. ...