What a ride it’s been.
Looking back on 2025, MasayaCo continued to evolve through a steady commitment to responsible, sustainable practices. We have never been a brand claiming perfection, but rather a group of like-minded people focused on learning and improving with each step forward.
That mindset shapes how we work every day. It shows up in more thoughtful material choices, closer attention to sourcing and production, and a clear commitment to the values that guide how we design and build.
From carefully designed, responsibly sourced teak furniture to the continued growth of our Masaya Homes projects, our work keeps moving forward. We see furniture and home building as more than something functional. They reflect craft, creativity, and the values behind how they are made.
Building with longevity in mind means thinking beyond how a piece looks or functions today. It also means considering the long-term impact on the environment and the communities involved in bringing it to life.
Let the Numbers Do the Talking.
We could speak at length about sustainable living and regenerative forestry. It is no secret we care deeply about both. But when it comes to measuring impact, we believe sustainability should be grounded in real data, not just conversation.
Our 2025 sustainability metrics help clarify the impact of our Seed to Seat® approach and how those choices shape our work over time. They show where meaningful progress has been made and where there is still work ahead.
Each number represents real effort, careful planning, and the people and systems behind the work. Together, they ground our sustainability commitments in measurable action.
Square Feet Built With Purpose.
Every project we take on reflects time, care, and collaboration.
In 2025, Masaya Homes began building projects totaling 17,040 square feet across 12 different cities, each shaped by local context, thoughtful design, and long-term use in mind. From early planning through execution, these projects incorporate reforested teak, allowing us to apply our sustainability principles at a broader architectural scale while staying grounded in craft and practicality.
As Masaya Homes projects expanded, so did the team behind them. Over the course of the year, the Homes team grew by 23 new members, bringing new skills, perspectives, and shared values that strengthened our ability to build responsibly across diverse environments.
Building with purpose often requires problem-solving in unconventional ways. It means understanding how spaces function over time, how materials perform in real conditions, and how design choices support the people who live with them every day.
Trees and Solar Panels.
Giving back to the environment is a core part of how we operate, and in 2025 that commitment showed up in both our forests and our facilities.
Over the course of the year, we planted 55,000 trees, continuing our long-term reforestation efforts in Nicaragua and supporting a more circular model of responsible sourcing, where forests are regenerated, materials are thoughtfully used, and value is preserved over time through long-lasting design
Alongside reforestation, we invested in renewable energy at our headquarters. In 2025, we installed 328 solar panels, creating a system with the potential to supply up to 80 percent of our factory’s power needs. This represents a meaningful step toward reducing our reliance on external energy sources, lowering our carbon footprint, and moving away from fossil fuels.
Together, these investments reflect a broader approach to sustainability, one that considers not only emissions reduction, but also how energy use and material choices shape the footprint of every piece we make.
Carbon Stored in Every Piece.
We work with teak because of what trees make possible. As they grow, trees pull carbon from the atmosphere and transform it into wood through photosynthesis, releasing oxygen back into the air in the process. That carbon does not disappear once the tree is harvested. It becomes the wood itself, shaping the material we build with.
By estimating carbon storage based on products produced in 2025, we gain a clearer view of the climate impact connected to our designs. Based on this work, we estimate that more than 39 tons of carbon were pulled from the atmosphere and stored in the products we created that year.
This perspective asks us to think about sustainability not as a set of reductions or offsets, but as a system rooted in circularity, the same principle that underpins life itself. In nature, nothing is wasted. Materials move through cycles of growth, use, and renewal. By connecting furniture and home building to reforestation, we aim to participate in that same cycle, preserving value over time through thoughtful construction, long-term use, and respect for the resources that make it possible.
Looking Ahead.
Taking a step back, 2025 marked a year of meaningful progress across how we design, build, and measure impact. The work shared here reflects systems in motion, not endpoints reached.
As we look ahead to 2026, our focus remains on strengthening the cycles that matter most. Continued reforestation, deeper investment in renewable energy, long-lasting design, and more rigorous ways of understanding impact will guide how we move forward. Each decision builds on the last, reinforcing an approach to sustainability that is practical, measurable, and rooted in long-term thinking.
We believe the future of responsible design depends on systems that give back as much as they take. By staying committed to circularity, durability, and thoughtful growth, we aim to keep building furniture and homes that carry value far beyond their form.
If you believe sustainability can be practical, regenerative, and built into everyday life, you are already part of that future.
Author: Paola Luconi G. & The MasayaCo Editorial Team