UN Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2026

 

About UN Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2026

The UN Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2026 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.

Summary of UN Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2026

• Type: Accelerator Program
• Sponsored by: United Nations
• Duration: 6 months
• Eligible Countries: All
• Benefits: Networking and support, Certification, knowledge and action plan to impact human rights in your company…and lots more.
• Deadline: 19th December, 2025

Requirements for the UN Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2026

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:

• Commit to completing the programme and embedding the learnings across the company strategy and operations.
• 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.

Benefits of UN Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2026

• 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 remedies.
• 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.

Application Timelines:

• Application Opens: 10 September 2025
• Application Deadline: 19 December 2025
• Accelerator Begins: February 2026
  (Please check exact dates with your Global Compact Country Network)

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