The report considers and summarises policy suggestions and proposals that range from specific to broad brush proposals. The material assessed includes academic research, agency and research centre reports and government sponsored work. The purpose is to highlight what is 'on the agenda' in terms of policy for sustainability in the fashion and textile industries. It is import to state early that the aim is not to develop an independent argument about what the impact of potential policy proposals might be in terms of environmental efficacy. That is the work done by environmental scientists, environmental economists is firstly, identify what policy proposals are currently most salient in the ongoing research discourse represented by contemporary reports and secondly, engage with these policy ideas in a distinct manner by evaluating what may be politically achievable and where near - future policy change and advances are most likely to come.