Application Deadline: 30 November 2026
Applications are now open for the 2027 UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program. The Business & Human Rights Accelerator is a three-month programme designed to help companies turn their commitment to human rights and labour rights into action. Through global workshops, regional and in-country peer learning, on-demand resources and guidance from Global Compact Country Networks, participants apply human rights due diligence to their own business context.
The Accelerator helps companies scope their value chain, identify and prioritize their most salient human rights and labour rights risks and define actions to address them in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other international standards.
By the end of the programme, companies will have a practical Action Plan to take forward within their business — moving from understanding and commitment to concrete action.
Requirements
The Accelerator is designed for companies with a foundational understanding of human rights and labour rights that are ready to put this knowledge into practice. It supports companies in turning existing commitments into a practical plan of action and taking the next step in advancing human rights due diligence. To take part in this programme, 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 and submitting an Action Plan to help address the human rights risks identified and prioritized
- Committed to completing all of the mandatory programme requirements
- 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 applying the programme outcomes across the company’s strategy and operations
PROGRAMME BENEFITS
The Business & Human Rights Accelerator is a three-month programme designed to help companies turn their commitment to human
rights and labour rights into action. Through global workshops, regional and in-country peer learning, on-demand resources and guidance
from Global Compact Country Networks, participants apply human rights due diligence to their own business context.
The Accelerator helps companies scope their value chain, identify and prioritize their most salient human rights and labour rights risks and
define actions to address them in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other international standards.
By the end of the programme, companies will have a practical Action Plan to take forward within their business — moving from
understanding and commitment to concrete action.
▪ Develop a practical Action Plan to address your company’s most salient human rights and labour rights risks and define clear next
steps for action.
▪ Put human rights due diligence into practice with expert guidance grounded in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human
Rights and other international standards.
▪ Apply practical tools and resources to scope your value chain, assess and prioritize risks, engage stakeholders, strengthen remedy
and track progress.
▪ Learn from peers and leading experts through global workshops, regional and in-country peer learning, and exchange with companies
facing similar challenges.
▪ Strengthen your readiness for evolving requirements by aligning your approach with international standards and emerging human
rights due diligence expectations.
▪ Receive a certificate recognizing successful completion of the Business & Human Rights Accelerator.
Application Deadline:
Application Deadline: 30 November 2026
▪ Accelerator Begins: February 2027 (Please check exact dates
with your Global Compact Country Network)
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program
