One Houston Together
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.
Guided by the Inclusive Opportunity Steering Committee, one of the Partnership’s three board-level direction-setting committees, One Houston Together brings together a network of over 120 businesses, institutions, and nonprofits. This work offers members data-driven insights, industry benchmarks, peer learning, and best practices to drive change in two key areas: creating pathways for talent advancement and leveraging our collective buying power.
One Houston Together offers comprehensive resources and data help members identify starting points and develop strategic action plans to increase representation and positively impact the regional economy and our local communities.
Businesses, institutions and nonprofits engaged
Most diverse major U.S. city
Regional assessments conducted

Participating organizations
Regional Assessment
The Houston Regional Assessment is a powerful, data-driven tool that helps organizations of all sizes measure progress, identify opportunities, and benchmark against peers in the 12-county region. Led by the Partnership through One Houston Together, this biennial effort unites businesses, institutions, and nonprofits to strengthen workplace culture, expand opportunity, and track how Houston compares to other major U.S. metros. The 2025 assessment is now closed, results will be posted soon.

Inclusive Sourcing Resources
This directory lists Partnership members that are also minority business enterprises and spotlights those with a proven track record of delivering quality goods and services to corporate and institutional buyers across the region.

MBE Economic Impact Report
This report, developed by Partnership in collaboration with HMSDC, highlights the economic impact of HMSDC-certified minority business enterprises in the nine-county Houston region. While not exhaustive, the data offers a powerful estimate of how MBEs are contributing to our region’s growth and economic strength.

Framework
The Partnership’s Racial Equity Principles reflect Houston’s business community’s shared pledge to advance equity. This framework guides efforts to reform systems of bias, strengthen underserved communities, and remove barriers to opportunity, within organizations and across the region.
