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# RC4: Ancillary Activities
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:bullseye: Maximum Score
Not scored
:pen-to-square: Prefill
:check:Eligible
:shield-check: Validation
Evidence is not required
:arrow-trend-up: 2026 Updates
None
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## Assessment Instructions
Intent: What is the purpose of this indicator?
Describe the ancillary activities engaged in by the entity. This information is used in combination with the Sector & Geography (RC3) and Reporting Year (EC4) descriptions to describe the entity’s reporting boundary.
Input: How do I complete this indicator?
**Significant activities:** Select all significant activities engaged in by the entity, outside of its main activity. Insignificant activities typically make up less than 1% of the entity’s budget, resourcing or revenue, so excluding them from sustainability reporting still provides a complete picture to stakeholders.
**Activities in reporting boundaries:** Select all of the ancillary activities that are included within the boundary of sustainability reporting of the entity. This must be a sub-set (or all) of the activities listed in the previous section (in other words only select from the activities that were selected in the previous list).
### Terminology
**Ancillary activity**
> The activities engaged in by the entity that allow it to provide its core service but are not its main activity.
**Main activity**
> The activities engaged in by the entity that allow it to provide its core service but are not its main activity.
Validation: What evidence is required?
No evidence required.
## Scoring
This indicator is not scored.
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References
[Infrastructure as an asset class, Second edition, by Barbara Weber, Mirjam Staub-Bisang and Hans Wilhelm Alfen, 2016.](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119226574)
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