Accountability in Racial Equity: A series to support businesses in how to measure action to advance racial equity.

About this Event

When shifting purchasing decisions at your business to be more intentional, have you struggled with tracking? How do you gather the necessary data to understand your business’s procurement practices & spending? In this session with Jesse Hyatt, President & Founder of Hyatt & Associates and Executive Director of the Black American Chamber of Commerce, we will explore:

What does it mean to track data ethically?

Different ways to update your vendor profiles, including walking through an example vendor questionnaire.

Ways to measure intentional purchasing beyond dollars, including policies & procedures, local spend, pay structures, and engaging with vendors.

Example company dashboards for holding ourselves accountable to our intentional purchasing goals.

This session is one of a 4-part series hosted by Portland Means Progress that is free and open to the public.