Through One Houston Together, the Greater Houston Partnership galvanizes the business community to transform our region into a more equitable and inclusive place to live, work, and build a business.
Bringing together a network of over 120 businesses, institutions, and nonprofits, One Houston Together offers Partnership members data-driven insights, industry benchmarks, peer learning, and best practices to drive change in two areas where we believe the business community can have the greatest impact – creating pathways for talent advancement and leveraging our buying power.
One Houston Together’s comprehensive resources and data help Partnership members identify starting points and develop strategic action plans to increase representation and positively impact our regional economy and our local communities.
Download this PDF for an overview of the activity and goals of the Partnership's One Houston Together effort.
Chief Purchasing Officer Summit - April 4
The Greater Houston Partnership and Houston Minority Supplier Development Council invite you to the spring Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Summit. This premier biannual event provides a forum for our region’s executive Procurement, Purchasing, and Supply Chain leaders to discuss cutting edge trends, innovation, and key insights from leading experts.
PRESENTERS
RGMA is a trusted partner to the world’s corporations. For more than 40 years, the firm has provided strategic advisory services, delivered training to 10,000+ individuals across four continents, and helped organizations align company strategy, structure and culture to make supplier diversity a relevant component of realizing shareholder value.
Houston Regional Equity and Inclusion Assessment
The regional assessment is an important tool for business planning and advancing progress on DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion). Please click the link for key findings, a list of 2023 participants, and the interactive industry dashboard.
A look at the Houston population by race, ethnicity, age, education and other factors.
The Kinder Institute examines gaps in income, educational attainment, neighborhood services and other metrics and their impact on opportunity.
Understanding Houston aggregates data across multiple sources to provide an accessible, one-stop platform for understanding key quality of life issues in Houston’s three most populous counties.
Houston Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Impact Analysis
This report is a joint effort of the Greater Houston Partnership’s One Houston Together and the Houston Minority Supplier Development Council (HMSDC). The following tables summarize the economic impact of HMSDC-certified Minority Businesses Enterprises in the nine-county Houston MSA. While there are many other MBEs throughout the region, HMSDC data is used as a proxy to estimate the growing economic impact of MBEs across our region.
Racial Equity Principles
The Partnership’s Racial Equity Principles are a framework to communicate the Houston business community’s pledge to reforming systems of bias, strengthening underserved communities, advocating inclusion, and removing barriers to achievement. Although many businesses have made their own individual statements and pledges, this unified approach sends an important signal about the Houston business community’s collective commitment. The Principles articulate how the Partnership and individual businesses can commit to advancing racial equity within their organizations and throughout our community.
Racial Equity Committee
In 2020, the Partnership established a board committee to guide the organization's actions in addressing racial equity and racial justice issues in Houston. The mission of the Racial Equity Committee is to harness the collective commitment and resources of Houston’s businesses and institutions to advance bold solutions to strengthen Houston as the most diverse, inclusive and equitable city in the United States.
This committee operates at the level of our two other “board-member only” direction-setting committees, the Public Policy Steering and Economic Development Steering committees. The committee is currently co-chaired by Cynthia Hansen, Executive Vice President and President, Gas Transmission and Midstream at Enbridge and Melanie Johnson, President and CEO of Collaborative for Children. Click the link below for the full roster of committee members.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Conversations
The Greater Houston Partnership presented Houston House during the 2021 SXSW virtual conference. The event featured candid conversations around a series of topics including innovation, the future of energy and DEI.
Key Articles
10 Proven Actions to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Bain & Company
Bain’s research finds evidence that 10 specific tactics—some common, others underused—are particularly effective at advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
Amplified Calls for Racial Equity Need Amplified Responses, Boston Consulting Group
Despite efforts to promote equity, many employees say companies haven’t done enough. Creating an equitable environment goes beyond hiring a diverse team—and benefits the entire company.
Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case, Robin J. Ely and David A. Thomas, Harvard Business Review
This argues that to fully benefit from increased racial and gender diversity, organizations must adopt a learning orientation and be willing to change the corporate culture and power structure.
Leading on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, PwC
Learn how a DEI data focus can help corporate directors oversee DEI progress.
The Curb-Cut Effect, Angela Glover Blackwell, Stanford Innovation Review
Laws and programs designed to benefit vulnerable groups, such as the disabled or people of color, often end up benefiting all of society.
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