The next part of the Ballyhass impact story
This second page continues the Ballyhass Impact Report 2023–2025, moving into the wider role Ballyhass plays in community, environment and customer experience — and how those areas connect back to the company’s long-term purpose.
Together, these sections show how Ballyhass is trying to create value beyond the adventure itself: supporting local communities, improving environmental performance and helping more people spend time outdoors in a stronger, more responsible way.
Community comes first
We begin with Ballyhass’s role in local support, partnership, volunteering and rural opportunity, before moving into the remaining impact areas and wider progress across the business.
How Ballyhass is trying to create shared value beyond the gates of its sites
Ballyhass’s community impact is grounded in a simple idea: a successful outdoor business in rural Ireland should create wider value for the people and places around it, not just for the customers who book in.
That shows up in different ways — direct sponsorship, partnerships, volunteering, engagement with schools and community groups, local sourcing, local hiring, and support for the wider networks that help places like North Cork grow stronger.
Some of that impact is easy to count and some of it is harder to capture in one number. What matters most is that Ballyhass is not treating community as a side project. It is part of how the business understands its role in the region.
Tracked support in the report year
Sponsorship vouchers provided to local schools and community groups in 2025.
Direct sponsorship support recorded for sports teams and clubs in 2025.
Examples of community action already underway
Why this matters
Ballyhass is part of a wider local ecosystem. When it supports schools, clubs, partner organisations, local suppliers and community-led projects, it strengthens the conditions that make a place more resilient, more connected and more positive for future generations.
How Ballyhass is trying to reduce impact while improving the places it operates in
Environmental action at Ballyhass is not built around one headline initiative. It is a collection of practical steps across waste, energy, biodiversity, infrastructure and day-to-day operations — with the aim of reducing impact while making the sites work better for the long term.
Some of the strongest progress is operational: improving waste systems, processing food waste and compostables onsite, reducing landfill intensity per visitor, expanding renewable energy and putting in more practical infrastructure like refill stations and EV charging.
At the same time, Ballyhass is starting to build a wider environmental story around biodiversity, circular systems and the way adventure sites can give more back to the landscapes they sit within.
Clear proof points already in place
Of Ballyhass energy needs covered by solar PV in 2025, marked as phase 1 of 3.
Waste to landfill per visitor in 2025, down from 0.211 in 2022.
Native hedgerow plants added through the Gate to Gate biodiversity project.
Public EV charging stalls installed, plus filtered refill stations at both sites.
Examples of environmental action in practice
Why this matters
Adventure businesses depend directly on healthy places, functioning infrastructure and landscapes that people want to spend time in. Environmental improvement is not separate from the Ballyhass experience — it is part of protecting the quality and future of that experience.
How Ballyhass is trying to create better outdoor experiences with wider positive impact
Ballyhass exists to deliver outdoor adventure experiences that help more people get outside, try something new and connect with the outdoors in a memorable way. That customer mission sits at the heart of the business.
As visitor numbers have grown, Ballyhass has been working to make sure that growth is supported by stronger infrastructure, better site systems and practical improvements that make the customer journey work better while also reducing impact.
In that sense, customer impact is not separate from the wider story in this report. Experience quality, environmental responsibility and operational improvement all shape the kind of business Ballyhass is becoming.
Clear indicators already visible
Ballyhass is now reaching over one hundred thousand visitors annually.
Two Cork sites supported by practical infrastructure improvements and expanding product offer.
What this includes in practice
Why this matters
The Ballyhass customer story is not only about transactions or footfall. It is about introducing more people to outdoor adventure while keeping the overall experience strong, accessible and increasingly aligned with the wider environmental and operational goals of the business.
The Ballyhass impact journey is building year by year
This report looks across a period of growth, structure and sharper accountability. The direction of travel matters most: more people reached, stronger internal standards, better environmental infrastructure and clearer community impact taking shape over time.
A clearer baseline begins
This report period begins with Ballyhass entering a more structured phase of its B Corp journey, with 60,269 visitors and 140 team members forming part of the starting point for measuring progress across the business.
More structure behind the standards
Ballyhass continues embedding its values, ethics and impact thinking more formally into the business, while visitor and team numbers grow and internal reporting becomes more important.
Infrastructure and impact become more visible
Practical environmental and site improvements gather momentum, with stronger waste systems, EV charging, refill infrastructure and wider operational improvements making the impact work more visible across the customer and site experience.
A stronger proof base is now visible
Ballyhass reaches 102,635 visitors and 178 team members, records 49% of energy needs covered by solar PV, adds 4,000+ native hedgerow plants and tracks direct community support through sponsorship and partnerships more clearly.
Better data. Better reporting. Higher standards.
The next chapter is about raising the quality of the evidence, strengthening internal tracking, improving environmental and community reporting, and building towards the next stage of Ballyhass’s B Corp and impact journey with more confidence.
This is not the finished version of Ballyhass. It is the direction of travel.
Ballyhass’s impact journey is still evolving. Some parts of the story are already visible in clear numbers, stronger infrastructure and better formalised standards. Other parts still need more evidence, better tracking and sharper reporting over time.
What matters most is the intent behind the work: building a stronger outdoor business that keeps raising the standard for how it supports its team, contributes to community, protects place and inspires more people to get outside.