MWITA-SBCO-2026-001 · Evidence A · P1
Brief ESG summaries increased purchase intention, but actual purchase effects were small, short-lived and limited to positive social signals and voluntarily viewed full reports.
What this does not establish
Do not infer that corporate ESG reports generally change sales, that intention equals purchase, or that effects transfer beyond US everyday goods.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
Stated preference and information acquisition did not translate broadly into durable purchases; viewing the report was endogenous and its large association is not causal.
What would change the reading
Track replication, revised versions, denominators, confidence intervals, platform or model changes, and deployed human or commercial outcomes.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.