Century Tuna
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 23 October 2026 · 6 sources
Philippine canned tuna brand of Century Pacific Food.
Century Tuna can't show that the workers who make its products in the Philippines earn a living wage, which workers there are very unlikely to.
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It has no full independent audit.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 2 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, unaudited production in high-risk countries and fish and seafood it can't trace to the boat or farm. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 2 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in the Philippines, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Not met: Traces its catch to the boat or farm and has crews' or farm workers' conditions checked independently
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Made mostly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain
- Red flag: Relies on fish and seafood it can't trace to the boat or farmShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
From Century Tuna's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: fishing fleets and processing plants have some of the worst documented forced labour, including trafficked crews held at sea for years.
- Owns or runs its own production
- Relies on fish and seafood from fishing boats and farms, where crews and farm workers, often migrants recruited into debt, have been held for months or years, beaten and denied pay, out of reach of factory audits. It hasn't shown any steps to trace its fish and seafood to the boat or farm or have the conditions of the people who catch or farm it checked, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes Century Tuna is canned by Century Pacific's own subsidiary, General Tuna Corporation, in General Santos City, Philippines. Its tuna is mainly purse-seine skipjack from the Western Pacific; in 2025, 50% came from MSC-certified fisheries and 59% straight from vessels, but no vessel list is published and products are not shown as MSC labelled. It backs the Philippine fishers' working conditions rule (DO 156-16) and has a traceability system audited by the fisheries bureau, but reports no independent checks of crews and Greenpeace found no grievance channel for fishers. Fishing grounds: Western and Central Pacific.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| News reporting and NGO investigations | Listed | General Tuna Corporation, maker of Century Tuna, scored 59.27 out of 100 (Fair) and ranked 8th of 20 in Greenpeace Southeast Asia's 2020 canned tuna ranking. View |
Unconfirmed reports
Credible reports that haven't been confirmed by a regulator, completed investigation or the company. They're shown for your information and don't affect the grade.
- In March 2020 the labour group Pamantik-KMU said stay-in workers hired by Century Pacific Food during the COVID-19 lockdown in Laguna slept on cardboard in lodgings without sanitation and got no hazard pay (Bulatlat, 2020); the company's response was not reported and the plant's products were not stated. Source
Sources and actions
Sources 6
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- Southeast Asia Canned Tuna Ranking 2020 (Greenpeace Southeast Asia) · search the archive · General Tuna Corporation, maker of Century Tuna, scored 59.27 (8th of 20); third-party audited traceability; no grievance mechanism for fishers
- General Tuna / Century Pacific (ISSF participating companies) · search the archive · General Tuna Corporation, wholly owned by Century Pacific Food, processes tuna at Barangay Tambler, General Santos City, Philippines
- Century Tuna in Calamansi 180g (ARC Asian Grocer, Preston Market) · search the archive · Sold by an Australian grocer with a Preston Market stall in Victoria; labelled Product of the Philippines
- No proper lodging for stay-in workers of Laguna food manufacturer (Bulatlat, March 2020) · search the archive · Labour group says Century Pacific stay-in workers slept on cardboard without sanitation or hazard pay
Published by Century Tuna or its owner
- Century Pacific highlights enhanced safety measures in its manufacturing facilities (April 2020) · search the archive · Century Pacific's tuna and sardine plants are in General Santos and Zamboanga
- Purchase Assessment: Tuna (Century Pacific Food) · search the archive · 2025: 50% from MSC-certified fisheries, 59% direct from vessels; traceability audited by BFAR; supports DO 156-16; no vessel list or crew audit results
Company details
- Owned by
- Century Pacific Food, Inc.
- Headquarters
- Philippines
- Last researched
- 23 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Century Tuna ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/century-tuna, last researched 23 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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