Through One Houston Together, the Greater Houston Partnership galvanizes the business community to transform our region into a more 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 local communities.
The Partnership’s Racial Equity Principles are a framework to communicate the Houston business community’s pledge to reform systems of bias, strengthen underserved communities, advocate inclusion, and remove barriers to achievement. Although many businesses have made their own 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 inclusion within their organizations and throughout our community.
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.
This directory provides a list of Partnership members that are also minority business enterprises and highlights minority businesses that are currently providing goods and services to Partnership member companies and have an established reputation and proven track record of
delivering for corporate and institutional purchasers.
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.
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 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.
The Greater Houston Partnership's Houston DiverseCity Summit is an inspiring gathering dedicated to advancing talent as a key driver of the business success and future growth of the Houston region. This event underscores the importance of human capital as the cornerstone of ensuring a vibrant, inclusive and competitive workforce. Click the link to see the agenda and speaker lineup from the 2024 event.
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.
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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LaTanya Flix
Senior Vice President, Inclusive Leadership and Opportunity
Executive