UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2025: ( Deadline 20 December,  2024)

Applications are now open for the 2025 UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program. The Business & Human Rights Accelerator is a six-month programme that activates participating companies of the UN Global Compact across all industries and regions to move from commitment to action on human rights and labour rights. Through identifying salient human rights impacts, establishing an ongoing human rights due diligence process
and developing an actionable plan, the Business & Human Rights Accelerator will empower your company to advance its
human rights journey.

The programme is designed to help your company understand when, where and how it has impacts on human rights and
helps you prioritize these impacts for action. You will gain the skills to identify the right measures to mitigate risks, monitor the effectiveness of your efforts, and communicate your progress clearly.

Programme Benefits

Identify and assess your company’s actual or potential adverse human rights impacts
 Learn how to integrate those findings across processes and take appropriate action
 Track the effectiveness of measures and processes to know if they are working
 Understand how aligning operations with international standards prepares organizations for evolving human rights due
diligence legislation
 Communicate how impacts are being addressed and show stakeholders that your company is taking action and seeing
results
 Build a network of peers, UN partners and experts to support your human rights journey and work collectively to tackle the challenges of the human rights due diligence process

Eligibility Requirements

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

The Learning Experience

Stage 1+

The idea of human rights is as simple as it is powerful: That all people have a right to be treated with dignity.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.

Application Timeline
 Company registration: 11 September – 20 December 2024
 Programme begins: February 2025 (Please check exact dates with your Global Compact Country Network)
 Programme ends: July 2025

For More Information:

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Application Deadline: 20 December, 2024