The process, put simply, is that whenever there is a policy proposal being analyzed, they have to put the environmental lens on it and try to assess what the environmental impact of this policy initiative will be. This information is then relayed to the policy-makers through the documents to cabinet or through a TB submission, and this feeds into the system.
At the end it's a question of compromise. A policy initiative might have a different impact. It might have a regional impact, it might have an economic impact, or it might have an ethnicity impact. The environment is one factor that you will consider in the end to make a decision. At least on the environmental side, it looks as if the process in place seems to be better informing policy-makers on the environmental impact of those policy initiatives.