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    The Historical Record · 2021–2025 · Five Consecutive Years

    Five years. Four print covers.
    Twelve ranked lists.
    One methodology — ours.

    From 2021 through 2025, Best Practice Institute was the research partner and methodology creator behind the Most Loved Workplaces® lists published by Newsweek — twelve ranked editions across America's, the UK, and Global, appearing on four consecutive Newsweek print covers. The Love of Workplace Index™ (LOWI) and the SPARK Model were ours then. They still are.

    Today the Most Loved Workplaces® certification is independent. The Top 100 Global list is featured in The Economist; the America's Top 100 list is featured in The Wall Street Journal. This page is the historical record of the research authority BPI built during the Newsweek era.

    The Wall of Covers · 2021–2023

    Four national magazine covers. One research method.

    Every cover below carried a list we researched, scored, and ranked using the Love of Workplace Index™ and the SPARK Model — Best Practice Institute's proprietary methodology. Historical record, preserved.

    Magazine cover, October 29, 2021 — inaugural America's Most Loved Workplaces® list, researched and ranked by Best Practice Institute.

    Est. Oct. 29, 2021

    Americas · Most Loved Workplaces®

    America's Most Loved Workplaces — Inaugural List

    Cover feature #1 that year: Spotify

    "First public application of the Love of Workplace Index™ — the psychometric that redefined workplace measurement."

    Back-issue record
    Magazine cover, October 14, 2022 — America's 100 Most Loved Workplaces®, researched and ranked by Best Practice Institute.

    Est. Oct. 14, 2022

    Americas · Most Loved Workplaces®

    America's 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2022

    Cover feature #1 that year: Dell Technologies

    "SPARK Model expanded to 100 companies — the largest emotional-connectedness study of its kind."

    Back-issue record
    Magazine cover, September 29, 2023 — America's 100 Most Loved Workplaces®, researched and ranked by Best Practice Institute.

    Est. Sep. 29, 2023

    Americas · Most Loved Workplaces®

    The 100 Most Loved Workplaces in America 2023

    Cover feature #1 that year: See BPI archive

    "Third consecutive cover feature — LOWI™ now validated across 2M+ employees."

    Back-issue record
    Magazine cover, October 11, 2024 — America's Top 200 Most Loved Workplaces®, researched and ranked by Best Practice Institute.

    Est. Oct. 11, 2024

    Americas · Most Loved Workplaces®

    America's Most Loved Workplaces 2024 — Top 200 Feature

    Cover feature #1 that year: See BPI archive

    "Fourth consecutive cover feature — the list doubled to 200 companies as LOWI™ scaled past 2.8M employees."

    Back-issue record

    Provenance Note

    Covers are shown as historical record of Best Practice Institute's research being featured on the print cover of a major U.S. news publication across four consecutive editions. Cover images © their respective publisher; reproduced here under fair use as archival citation. Cover-image links point to independent back-issue vendors, not to the original publisher's website.

    The Twelve Ranked Lists · 2021–2025

    Twelve editions. Three geographies. Five straight years.

    Every edition below was built on Best Practice Institute's Love of Workplace Index™ methodology — the same psychometric instrument (.95 coefficient alpha, 2.8M employees, 1,800+ organizations) that powers today's independent Most Loved Workplace® certification.

    2021·Americas

    America's Most Loved Workplaces — Inaugural List

    #1: Spotify

    Newsweek print cover

    2022·Americas

    America's 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2022

    #1: Dell Technologies

    Newsweek print cover

    2022·UK

    The UK's 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2022

    2023·Americas

    The 100 Most Loved Workplaces in America 2023

    #1: See BPI archive

    Newsweek print cover

    2023·UK

    UK's 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023

    2023·Global

    Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023 — Inaugural Global List

    2024·Americas

    America's Most Loved Workplaces 2024 — Top 200 Feature

    #1: See BPI archive

    Newsweek print cover

    2024·UK

    UK's Most Loved Workplaces 2024

    2024·Global

    Global Most Loved Workplaces 2024

    2025·Global

    Global Most Loved Workplaces 2025

    #1: See rankings.newsweek.com archive

    2025·Americas

    America's Most Loved Workplaces 2025 — Top 30 Global Feature

    2025·UK

    UK's Most Loved Workplaces 2025

    Louis Carter · Bylined Contributor 2021–2024

    Five bylines. The methodology, in his own words.

    BPI founder and organizational psychologist Louis Carter wrote the launch article and each subsequent list companion — plus co-hosted The Leader Show on Newsweek. Every piece grounded the recognition in the Love of Workplace Index™ methodology.

    1. Byline 1

      April 2021

      How Much Do You Really Love The Company You Work For?

      Announced the inaugural BPI × Newsweek partnership and previewed the Most Loved Workplaces® methodology.

      Published on Newsweek.com · byline: Louis Carter, BPI

    2. Byline 2

      August 2021

      The COVID Workplace: What Your Boss Should Do to Keep You Happy

      Cited BPI's Love of Workplace Index research in the lead-up to the inaugural October 2021 list.

      Published on Newsweek.com · byline: Louis Carter, BPI

    3. Byline 3

      April 29, 2022

      Do You Love The Company You Work For?

      Preview of the 2022 list cycle — explicitly named Best Practice Institute as the research firm behind the study.

      Published on Newsweek.com · byline: Louis Carter, BPI

    4. Byline 4

      June 24, 2022

      How ChenMed Takes 'Love' and Turns It Into Profits

      Case study on a Most Loved Workplace® exemplar; grounded in the SPARK Model.

      Published on Newsweek.com · byline: Louis Carter, BPI

    5. Byline 5

      October 11, 2024

      How Can a Job Be Better? Here's What Makes a Workplace Most Loved

      Companion piece to the 2024 U.S. list — anchored in the LOWI™ Index and 25 years of BPI research.

      Published on Newsweek.com · byline: Louis Carter, BPI

    During the same period, Louis Carter hosted The Leader Show on Newsweek — a weekly interview series with senior executives from Fortune-scale organizations, produced under the Newsweek brand.

    Louis Carter's full profile

    The Official Record

    Partnership announced on the wire, May 2021.

    "Best Practice Institute (BPI) and Newsweek today announced they are partnering on a new initiative, Most Loved Workplaces."

    PRWeb, May 12, 2021 · Read the release · Wayback archive

    "…ranking the top 100 companies as part of a collaboration with the Best Practice Institute (BPI), a leadership development and benchmarking company."

    PR Newswire, October 6, 2022 · Read the release · Wayback archive

    The Live Backlink Ledger · Audited 2026-07-03

    23 live Newsweek references, still standing.

    Every Newsweek URL below is a live citation of Best Practice Institute research, confirmed via Semrush backlinks API. Newsweek's own domain authority (Semrush AS 74) makes each one a durable trust signal. We display the source URLs as plain text — the only clickable link is the Wayback Machine snapshot, which preserves the citation forever without sending referral traffic anywhere else.

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    2024Editorialwww.newsweek.com/veterans-are-an-untapped-workforce-essential-to-americas-future-opinion-10997764
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    Historical Record · Forbes · 2024–2025

    Named data partner on Forbes America's Best Companies 2025.

    Forbes selected Best Practice Institute as the official data partner for the Accessibility Policies/Performance category of its inaugural America's Best Companies 2025 ranking — a 300-company list built on 60+ metrics across 11 categories. BPI is listed alongside Glassdoor, Morningstar Sustainalytics, SecurityScorecard, and People Data Labs as a named methodology contributor.

    Publication
    Forbes
    Alan Schwarz, Asst. Managing Editor · Oct 17, 2024
    Category
    Accessibility Policies & Performance
    ADA compliance, workspace accessibility, workplace policies, employee & customer sentiment.
    List
    America's Best Companies 2025
    Top-300 ranking of U.S.-headquartered public companies · 2,000+ evaluated.

    "Accessibility Policies/Performance (Best Practice Institute): Incorporated compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, the accessibility of workspaces, workplace policies, and sentiment among employees and customers."

    — Forbes America's Best Companies 2025 methodology, published Oct 17, 2024

    Where Most Loved Workplace® Is Now

    Independent. Featured in The Wall Street Journal and The Economist.

    The certification and the Top 100 lists continue — now published independently by BPI, with the Global list featured in The Economist and the America's list featured in The Wall Street Journal.

    Best Practice Institute

    Best Practice Institute is the research organization behind Most Loved Workplace® certification, the SPARK Model, the Love of Workplace Index™ (LOWI™), and The Workplace Report.

    The Workplace Report

    The Workplace Report is BPI's original workplace culture research and editorial briefing series for CEOs, CHROs, people leaders, talent leaders, and employer-brand teams. It turns BPI's 25 years of research, Most Loved Workplace® certification data, SPARK findings, and current workforce signals into practical analysis leaders can use.

    The report format includes executive summaries, research-backed articles, company examples, methodology notes, and practical implications for retention, hiring, culture, leadership, and employee experience. New research and analysis is published on an ongoing editorial cadence at /workplace-report.