UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2025

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Applications are open for UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2025. The Business & Human Rights Accelerator is a six-month programme activating companies participating in the UN Global Compact across industries and regions. The objective is to help businesses swiftly move from commitment to action on human rights and labour rights through establishing an ongoing human rights due diligence process.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

How to identify your responsibilities in respecting human rights and labour rights, expressed in the International Bill of Human Rights and the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
How to establish an ongoing human rights due diligence process in line with international standards
How to prepare organizations for evolving human rights due diligence legislation that is aligned with international standards
How to report and communicate on your human rights due diligence outcomes, including through the Communication on Progress, the annual public disclosure requirement for all UN Global Compact participants
How to connect human rights and the human rights due diligence process with social sustainability initiatives

Business & Human Rights Accelerator Benefits

An understanding of where your company is on their human rights journey
An assessment of actual and potential adverse human rights impacts and the ability to prioritize action
The knowledge about steps to take to mitigate your human rights impacts, including grievance mechanisms and remedy
Ways to effectively engage stakeholders on operational impacts on people
An action plan to advance human rights in your company and beyond
A network of peers, UN partners and experts to support your human rights journey and work collectively to tackle persistent barriers to human rights due diligence.
A certificate demonstrating completion of programme

Eligibility Criteria

To take part in the Business & Human Rights Accelerator, companies are required to be participants of the UN Global Compact or willing to join. Your company should also be:

Currently engaged with a Global Compact Country Network in your region or willing to join
Willing to identify its human rights risks and impacts and scope a core area of your value chain for further focus
Committed to developing an Action Plan to help address the human rights risks identified and prioritized
Able to appoint two working-level representatives to attend sessions and participate in Accelerator activities and an additional executive-level representative to follow programme developments, provide support and participate in high-level events
Commit to completing the programme and embedding the learnings across the company strategy and operations.