Who we are
Welcome to Hang A Hammock Collective, your place for everything about Nicaraguan hammocks and swings. We are committed to bringing you the highest level of comfort and quality in our products and our costumer service. Whenever you have a question or concern or you just want to say hello, we'd love to hear from you.
Introduction
Our Social Company is a legal and transparent entity which follows sustainable strategies, such as:
- Set and execute initiatives to help the company make progress to diversity and inclusion goals
- Eliminating child labour, promoting access to education and health
- Ensuring baseline labour conditions as stipulated by the national/international law
- Ensuring equitable wage standards and transparent wage payments
- Limiting working hours to protect personal health and family conditions
- Eliminating any forms of discrimination also through specific workshops and talks
- Ensuring adequate working and living conditions for workers
- Maintaining strict health and safety standards
We believe that a social sustainable model to produce handmade goods is really possible! Through the observation and the experimentation of Good Social Practices we keep working for work/life integration, empathy, collaboration, autonomy and participation at work, emphasizing soft skills, exchange information for self-awareness as well as profit-sharing.
All workers have paid holidays and vacations, health insurance and a retirement plan.
New social projects:
since 2023: We started mostly remote working to have a better work-life balance
2020-2022: Educational talks/workshops
2019-2022: One day of menstrual leave a month for female employees. Zero-interest loans. Free dental cares (only for 2019-2020)
2018-2022: One Scholarship, Bikes maintenance, Daily fruit smoothies
(until 2022)
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Vision
The vision of Hang A Hammock Collective is to promote the Nicaraguan artisanship on the highest level of quality and international safety standards: our hammocks are certified in USA 🇺🇸
Milestones
In 2014 Elle Decor featured the Hang A Hammock Collective production and helped to increase the brand visibility in the USA. Several big companies such has Pottery Barn and Urban wanted to work with us. The need to start a legal company was necessary and fair. It was required to be more efficient too.
In 2015 the company was officially registered under the Nicaraguan Business law. Each one of the members are regularly employed according to the legislation with health care, paid vacations, holidays, tax forms and contributions to a retirement plan. In the same year (March 2015) we certified the safety of the wooden bars hammock with Bureau Veritas (certificate #5115-063-0008).
In 2016 we moved to a bigger work site. Our atelier is based in the city of Masaya in the vibrant neighbourhood of San Juan where are many artisan workshops. We are a team of 10 professional artisans and technicians between 18 and 40 years old. We work also with around 5 independent artisans that provide the wood and metal accessories. The cushions are made by an independent seamstress and her husband. We share as much as possible knowledges to learn everyday new skills and improve our teamwork skills from the production to the costumer care.
We started to implement workplace ethics and try to get better work conditions as much as possible to work in a comfortable and safety site. Every morning an independent family business shop prepare for us a fresh fruit smoothie with the fruits just bought at the local market. In the afternoon we prepare a delicious Nicaraguan coffee.
Now, as a team, we have weekly meetings to solve daily problems, to improve the design of the products, thanks to your feedbacks, to offer a better costumer service and to think about new projects.
From 2017 we started to co-manage a tree farm in Nicaragua, a land in the Carazo region, with a lot of biodiversity. Therefore all the wood we use come from an environmental responsible source. The project is conserving the biodiversity of the local environment by planting the same native hardwoods we used for our products (Gliricidia sepium).
Now, as a team, we have weekly meetings to solve daily problems, to improve the design of the products, thanks to your feedbacks, to offer a better costumer service and to think about new projects.
From 2017 we started to co-manage a tree farm in Nicaragua, a land in the Carazo region, with a lot of biodiversity. Therefore all the wood we use come from an environmental responsible source. The project is conserving the biodiversity of the local environment by planting the same native hardwoods we used for our products (Gliricidia sepium).
From 2018 we start to implement our new dynamic business plan. The approach started from the personal vision of each member of the Hang A Hammock Collective and then modeling the collective vision of the company to guide the project during the next five years. We will integrate continuous improvement skills training, emphasizing on soft skills. We are proud to say that we produce and sell fair trade and environmentally friendly handmade products.
To know more updates visit our blog, click here.
A Social Company
Made in Nicaragua. Made with happiness!
We are a Legal Entity implementing a Social Enterprise business model.
Unlike conventional businesses the primary goal of Hang A Hammock Collective is not to maximize profits. Our main objective is to valorize the craft sector through the improving of the work conditions and benefits for the artisans involved both directly (employees) and indirectly (suppliers) in our production. A steady monthly salary generated social mobility.
We are not charity or NGO. Our organization doesn't depend on financing programes or donations. We are a Social Enterprise that operates using a profitable commercial model which means that the sustainability is politically independent.
Legality
We are registered under Nicaraguan Business and Labour Law as HAHC NICARAGUA SA and we implement everyday workplace ethics and social responsibility: each permanent member is regularly employed with healthcare, paid vacations, holidays, contributions to a retirement plan and extra benefits. The company regularly pay bills and the taxes on the incoming. We are always sending official commercial invoices registered under the Nicaraguan Fiscal Law. Our official commercial invoice certified that the product you bought was made by Hang A Hammock Collective.
Fair Trade Principles
Production, administration and marketing follow Fair Trade Principles. Everything we offer on our website has been handmade in our workshop and carefully packed to be directly shipped at your home. To buy semi-finished goods from selected suppliers we use fair trade principles to guide the business/human relations.
WFTO prescribes 10 Principles that a Fair Trade Business must follow in their day-to-day work and carries out monitoring to ensure these principles are upheld.
- Creating Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Producers
- Transparency and Accountability
- Fair Trading Practices
- Payment of a Fair Price
- Ensuring no Child Labour and Forced Labour
- Commitment to Non Discrimination, Gender Equity and Women’s Economic Empowerment, and Freedom of Association
- Ensuring Good Working Conditions
- Providing Capacity Building
- Promoting Fair Trade
- Respect for the Environment
If you are interested to know more how we implement these principles in our every day routine, please write us to know more, contact us here, we'll be happy to share with you some facts.
People & Planet
We take measures to minimize any environmental impact.
From 2017 we started to co-manage a tree farm in the Carazo region. Therefore all the wood we use to make our products come from an environmental responsible source. The main purpose of the project is to conserve the biodiversity of the local environment by planting the same native woods we use for our products (Gliricidia sepium).
From 2017 we started to co-manage a tree farm in the Carazo region. Therefore all the wood we use to make our products come from an environmental responsible source. The main purpose of the project is to conserve the biodiversity of the local environment by planting the same native woods we use for our products (Gliricidia sepium).
Gliricidia sepium (locally called "Madero Negro") is a native Nicaraguan tree, not a species in danger of extinction and it is a fast-growing species. Definitely an alternative source to reduce the trade of illegal woods coming from national natural reserves.
As part of our brand philosophy, the products come in a recycled cardboard handmade box, as we believe this is something essential for those who want to contribute positively to the environment.
All the materials (products and boxes) are recyclable, please check the recycling rules in your community and if recycling facilities exist in your area.
Customer Service
We try to offer the best and personalised customer experience for each costumer.
We usually answer to each email in 1-3 days, please consider that during the weekends we don’t work to rest and to spend time with our beloved, this allows us to offer better quality answers all times.
Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about who we are and what we do we’d love to hear from you. Write us.