BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACCELERATOR

Move from commitment to action on human rights and labour rights

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What You Will Learn

How your company could impact human rights and labour rights as expressed in the International Bill of Human Rights and the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
How to establish an ongoing human rights due diligence process in line with the UN Guiding Principles
How to prepare organizations for evolving human rights due diligence legislation that is aligned with international standards
How to report and communicate on your human rights due diligence outcomes, including through the Communication on Progress, the annual public disclosure requirement for all UN Global Compact participants
How to connect human rights and the human rights due diligence process with social sustainability initiatives

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

Who can participate

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 Experiences

Stage 1

Participants understand the Human Rights and Labour Principles of the UN Global Compact, UN Guiding Principles and the human rights due diligence process and determine where they are on their human rights journey.

Global kick-off webinar
E-learning course on “How companies can operationalize the UN Guiding Principles, Module 1”
Global deep dive session on UNGP core concepts, human rights due diligence and facilitation of the Responsibility to Respect Human Rights’ gap analysis tool
Country Network facilitated peer-learning session
Participant working session to complete the UNGP gap analysis tool

Stage 2

Participants scope the company value chain and identify potential impacts.

E-learning course on “How companies can operationalize the UN Guiding Principles, Module 2"
Global deep dive session on understanding salient human rights, identifying risk factors, where to find risk information and how to map the value chain and determine focus areas
Country Network facilitated peer-learning session
Participant working session to complete value chain mapping tool and risk identification matrix

Stage 3

Participants prioritize salient human rights impacts and understand their involvement with those impacts.

E-learning course on "How companies can operationalize the UN Guiding Principles, Module 3"
Global deep dive session on prioritizing potential impacts, understanding severity and likelihood and how to plot impacts on the risk heat map
Country Network facilitated peer learning session
Participant working session on completing the risk heatmap

Stage 4

Participants start developing specific actions and related metrics.

Global deep dive session on developing an appropriate action plan based on at least one salient impact identified with articulation of desired outcomes and high-level metrics
Country Network facilitated peer-learning session
Participant working session on completion of action plan for one salient impact, including metrics

Stage 5

Participants understand how to effectively engage affected stakeholders and communicate their impacts.

Global deep dive session on communicating with a range of stakeholders, both within and external to the business and examine the components of effective communication, including formal disclosure processes
Country Network facilitated peer learning session
Participant working session on starting a communication plan and stakeholder engagement plan

Stage 6

Participants understand remedy and grievance mechanisms.

E-learning course on "How companies can operationalize the UN Guiding Principles, Module 4"
Global deep dive session on the different types of remedy and pathways for providing remedy including operational level grievance mechanisms that support the broader hrdd process
Country Network facilitated peer learning session including best practice case studies
Participant working session to complete the grievance gap analysis and develop a remedy plan

Information Session

We invite you to watch the on-demand recording of our recent Information Session to help you better understand the inner workings of the Accelerator and what you can expect to learn and achieve.

Interested in Participating?

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 a regional tracks.
Asia Track: The Asia track will bring together companies from across the region 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.
Global Track: Facilitated in English, the global track is available for companies that do not have a Country Network running the Business & Human Rights Accelerator. It will offer the same curriculum as the in-country track, and is delivered in English through a series of live and on-demand sessions. Space is limited. Please apply early.
Participating companies of the UN Global Compact based in the countries below have the opportunity to sign up to the in-country track through their Global Compact Country Network. If your company is not located in one of the countries below, you can still apply to the global track.
For any questions, please contact bhr@indonesiagcn.org