2E5BEC7FDDFE4BE43E6199A93ECD8DE9 Social Impact – CandleXchange

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.

Donate an UpCandle

4306 upcycled candles donated to date

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2022 -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

Donate 20,000 upcycled candles