From an instrument perspective, most OECD jurisdictions have undoubtedly done something in the name of EPI, but the overall pattern of adoption remains relatively uneven. In general, soft communicative instruments have proven to be far more popular than harder organizational or procedural ones. The overall pattern of deployment has left some of the most environmentally vital areas of state activity – namely planning and budgeting – mostly unaffected. The core policy planning activities in ‘driving force’ sectors such as industry, transport and agriculture remain mostly immune to scrutiny from policy appraisal and reporting activities.