This “Policies for supporting green industry” identifies the policies and best practices that can make this vision a reality. It covers a broad range of policy instruments, with particular focus on the relevance of such policies to the development of industry. This report identifies the broad range of policy measures required by national or federal governments to promote and facilitate the greening of industries. It has been prepared as part of the UNIDO Green Industry initiative, which focuses on ways that developing countries can green their industries and accelerate growth in their environmental goods and services sector.