Advanced Human Rights Due Diligence Working Group

The UNGCNA is launching the Advanced HRDD Working Group in 2026 to establish a new peer learning forum for business practitioners working at the leading edge of human rights risk management in Australia.

This working group is for organisations that are leaning into more challenging questions and nascent or emerging areas of practice in relation to human rights risk management. It will provide a space for honest and open exchange among peers who bring deep experience managing human rights risks and working to achieve meaningful positive outcomes for affected groups.

The purpose of the Advanced HRDD Working Group is to provide a trusted, practitioner-led platform for UNGCNA participants with mature human rights programs to:

• Work together to continue to strengthen their organisation’s approach to human rights, building on established HRDD frameworks and systems and diving more deeply into emerging challenges.
• Build a community of practitioners across different sectors and contexts, who are working at a similar level of maturity to strengthen their organisation’s approach to human rights.
• Contribute to the broader advancement of business and human rights practice in Australia through the wider dissemination of anonymised insights and key takeaways.

The working group will operate for an initial 15-month period (April 2026 – June 2027).

The cost of participation in the working group is AUD $990.00 per organisation for an initial 15-month period. This cost reflects that participation will be limited to a small group of UN Global Compact Network Australia (UNGCNA) participants and ensures that facilitation of this group can be appropriately resourced.

All Working Group sessions are convened under the Chatham House Rule. Details about the Working Groups offered in 2026 can be found below.

View the Terms of Reference for the UNGCNA Human Rights Due Diligence Working Group.