Tupperware
Lacks transparency. Shows little about where or how its products are made.
Last researched 3 November 2026 · 6 sources
US brand of plastic food storage containers.
We couldn't find where Tupperware makes most of its plastic food storage containers, a certification covering its range or a list of its suppliers.
Also worth knowing
Most homewares and appliances are made in countries such as China and Vietnam, where pay is usually below a living wage.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 2 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 2 red flags: no evidence of a living wage and unaudited production, probably in high-risk countries. 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 rightsWhere homewares and appliances are usually made, such as China and India, 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
- Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
- Met: High-risk raw materials (such as timber and cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNone recorded in a major share of its range
Red flags 2
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Probably made mostly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
We couldn't confirm where Tupperware makes most of its products, so this shows where homewares and appliances are usually made.
| Country | Share | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 50% | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| Vietnam | 15% | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| India | 10% | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| Poland | 10% | Regular violations | Close to a living wage | Moderate |
| Indonesia | 8% | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| Malaysia | 7% | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
Evidence
What we found
- No high-risk raw materials (such as timber and cotton) are recorded in a major share of its range, so the raw-material check doesn't hold it back for Good.
Research notes Before its 2024 bankruptcy, Tupperware Brands owned or leased factories in about 15 countries, including Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Korea, Portugal, South Africa, China and India. Lender-formed Party Products bought the brand in 2024 and in 2026 agreed to sell its Latin American businesses, with plants in Mexico and Brazil, to Betterware de México; products for the US and Canada are still made in Mexico. Tupperware returned to Australia in June 2026 through Hag Import, but neither company says where that range is made or publishes a supplier list, audit results or living wage commitment.
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.
- China Labor Watch's 2016 'Dirty Frying Pans' report found excessive and unpaid overtime, falsified pay records, missing social insurance and poor safety at Guangdong Master Group, a cookware factory that listed Tupperware among its clients and displayed a Tupperware code of conduct (investigation in 2015). Source
Sources and actions
Sources 6
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- Dirty Frying Pans: An Investigation of Labor Abuses in Five Chinese Cookware Factories (China Labor Watch, 2016) · search the archive · Guangdong Master Group listed Tupperware as a client; excessive overtime, fake pay records, safety and insurance violations
- Tupperware Brands Corp Form 10-K, fiscal 2021 · search the archive · Owned plants in Brazil, Greece, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa, US; leased sites in Belgium, China, India and others
- Tupperware returns to Australia with Hag Import deal (Inside Retail, 2026) · search the archive · Left Australia in 2024; returned June 2026 via Hag Import Corporation, distribution partner; Party Products named as owner
- Tupperware returns to Australia (SmartCompany, June 2026) · search the archive · Relaunched 29 June 2026 via Hag Import, sold online and in-store in Australia and New Zealand
- Owner of Tupperware brand announces agreement to sell Latin American operations (Jan 2026) · search the archive · Party Products, brand owner, selling Latin American operations to Betterware; US and Canada products still made in Mexico
- Retail Dive: Tupperware assets acquired by lender group Party Products · search the archive · Party Products LLC, a group of lenders incl. Stonehill and Alden, completed acquisition of the Tupperware brand in Nov 2024 after Chapter 11
Company details
- Owned by
- Party Products LLC (formed by Tupperware's lenders); Hag Import Corporation distributes in Australia
- Headquarters
- United States
- Last researched
- 3 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Tupperware ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/tupperware, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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