The Impact Behind Every Candle
How your Candle Makes a Difference
For People – You enjoy a natural, clean-burning candle, and your purchase helps provide an upcycled candle to a domestic violence survivor setting up a new home.
For Planet – Every container is reused or upcycled, keeping it out of landfill and reducing waste.
How it Works
1. You Buy – Choose from our range of 100% natural soy candles.
2. You Return & Swap – Once your CandleXchange candle is finished, return the container for a refill and get 30% off your next one.
3. We Upcycle – Through our UpCandle program, we collect and reuse containers from other brands too, giving candle containers a new life instead of sending them to landfill.
4. We Give Back – At least 50% of profits from CandleXchange sales go toward creating and donating upcycled candles to survivors, through community partners like ReLove.
Your Contribution in Action
When you buy a CandleXchange candle:
You get a product eligible for our Return & Swap program, reducing waste and saving you money.
You help fund the UpCandle program, which upcycles containers from other brands into candles for donation.
The size of your contribution depends on where you shop. Whether you're buying direct from us, online, through a corporate gift, or from one of our retailer partners, every purchase helps fund the UpCandle program.
However you shop, your candle helps light someone else's home and keeps containers out of landfill.
Certified Social Enterprise
CandleXchange is a certified social enterprise, recognised by Social Traders for using business as a force for good.
This means we exist not just to sell candles, but to deliver measurable social and environmental impact.
At least 50% of our profits are reinvested into our mission, funding our UpCandle program, donating upcycled candles to domestic violence survivors, and reducing waste through our Return & Swap reuse system.
Being certified gives our customers and partners confidence that every purchase directly supports people and planet, with our impact independently verified against strict social enterprise standards.
Just $15 Creates an UpCandle
Every UpCandle starts with a used container, fresh wax, and someone willing to give it new life. Your donation covers the cost of making one and helps a domestic violence survivor furnish their new home with something warm.
4306 upcycled candles donated to date
Read more about UpCandle2022 -2023
1309 donated to 12 charity partners
2024
713 donated to 5 charity partners
2025
1576 donated to 12 charity partners
2026
708 donated to date
Target by 2030