In April 2024, the Candelilla Institute A.C. received authorization from the Mexican Tax Administration Service (SAT) to receive tax-deductible donations in Mexico and abroad. These donations may be used for Ecological, Social Development, Assistance and Scholarship activities. These activities will be focused on supporting the people of the Candelilla communities.

Multiceras launched its Fair for Life certified Candelilla wax. This Candelilla wax is produced with Citric Acid, and complies with fair sourcing practices and responsibilities towards the Çandelilleros. Fair for Life certification of products also confirms traceability of all certified products from production to sales.

Multiceras launches its new eLife® Candelilla Wax that has been 100% certified as Organic by Ecocert Greenlife according to the COSMOS standard. The COSMOS standard defines the criteria that companies must meet to assure consumers that their products are genuine organic or natural cosmetics, manufactured based on the highest sustainability practices.

In July 2015 Multiceras S.A. de C.V., a Mexican wax company that exports 50% of the country’s candelilla wax production, introduced a Candelilla Wax Producer Development Program. Multiceras invited groups of Candelilleros (the men and women who harvest and produce the candelilla wax) from Coahuila and Nuevo Leon to information sessions on the formation of Continue Reading

When Dr. Jaime Sánchez from Universidad Juarez in Mexico’s Durango state contacted the Candelilla Institute to arrange a field trip for his students, Multiceras S.A. de C.V. was pleased to coordinate a visit for the students, who are studying natural resource exploitation and wanted to witness the candelilla wax extraction process first-hand. The students, accompanied Continue Reading