UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2026 for

October 23, 2025

The UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2026 is a six-month action-focused initiative aimed at helping companies move from commitment to measurable impact on human rights and labour rights.

If your company is part of the UN Global Compact or willing to join, this time-sensitive opportunity offers the tools, training, and peer learning to help you embed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights into your operations and strategies.
This program empowers business professionals to identify, prioritize, and act on human rights risks across value chains—building responsible, resilient businesses in the process.

Tracks for the Accelerator Program

In-Country Track: In-country tracks are facilitated in the local language and local time zone wherever possible. It will feature a series of live and on-demand sessions, hands-on support, workshops, and peer-to-peer networking opportunities.
In addition to the in-country tracks, there will be several regional tracks.

Africa Track: The Africa track will bring together companies from across the continent and offer the same curriculum as the in-country track delivered through a series of global and on-demand sessions. Peer-to-peer sessions will focus on regional best practice and case studies.

Name of Organizer

United Nations Global Compact

Requirements/ Eligibility Criteria

To take part in the Business & Human Rights Accelerator, companies must:
1. Be a current participant of the UN Global Compact, or willing to join.
2. Be engaged with a local Global Compact Network, or prepared to join one.
3. Be willing to identify human rights risks and scope a focus area within the value chain.
4. Commit to creating a Human Rights Action Plan based on the program’s findings and recommendations.
5. Appoint two working-level representatives to participate fully in sessions and activities.
6. Nominate one executive-level representative to oversee and support participation and attend high-level events.
7. Complete the full six-month programme and commit to embedding the learning across business operations and policies.

This program is especially valuable for young professionals, CSR specialists, compliance officers, sustainability leads, and supply chain managers in participating companies.