The UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program for Young Professionals 2026 is now accepting applications. Interested candidates are urged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and to apply.
About UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program for Young Professionals
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: October 16, 2025
- Application Deadline: October 19, 2025
- Category: Entrepreneurs
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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 in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Benefits of UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program for Young Professionals
What You Will Gain:
- 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 remedy
- 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
UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program for Young Professionals 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
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
19 October, 2025
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