UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator 2024

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.

• Table of Content
• About United Nations Global Compact
• Business & Human Rights Accelerator
• Aim and Benefits of Business & Human Rights Accelerator
• Requirements for Business & Human Rights Accelerator Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Business & Human Rights Accelerator
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About United Nations Global Compact

The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic initiative that supports global companies that are committed to responsible business practices in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment, and corruption.

Business & Human Rights Accelerator

Aim and Benefits of Business & Human Rights Accelerator

• 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 ability to mitigate your human rights impacts, including grievance mechanisms and remedy
• Ways to engage stakeholders on business impacts
• 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

Requirements for Business & Human Rights Accelerator Qualification

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 Local Network in your region or willing to join
• Willing to identify its human rights impacts and scope a core area of its value chain for further focus
• Able to appoint two representatives to participate in Accelerator activities and peer-learning sessions
• An executive-level representative to follow Accelerator developments, provide support and participate in high-level events
• Able to nominate an executive-level representative

Interview date, Process and Venue for Business & Human Rights Accelerator

The Learning Experience

Stage 1+

Participants understand the Human Rights and Labour Principles of the UN Global Compact, UN Guiding Principles and the human rights due diligence process and determine where they are on their human rights journey.

Stage 2+

Participants scope the company value chain and identify potential impacts.

Stage 3+

Participants prioritize salient human rights impacts and understand their involvement with those impacts.

Stage 4+

Participants start developing specific actions and related metrics..

Stage 5+

Participants understand how to effectively engage affected stakeholders and communicate their impacts.

Stage 6+

Participants understand remedy and grievance mechanisms.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit UN Global Compact website.