11 Apr 2025

SAVi Five: Global ETS aviation update, European airline costs, IMO levy is set, and more…

This edition outlines ETS updates for aviation around the world, European airline expectations for regulatory compliance...

10 Apr 2025

SAF Policy Map – Updates from Colombia, EU, Japan, Thailand, and more…

This is the 3rd edition of the SAVI SAF Policy Map of policy efforts around the world to increase SAF uptake. This editi...

4 Apr 2025

SAVi Five: US tariffs appear to skirt SAF, IATA SAF registry launches, and more…

A list of goods (Annex II) that shall not be subject to US tariffs imposed by the US government on 2nd April includes Je...

28 Mar 2025

SAVi Five: EU airlines suggest ‘reassessment’ of SAF mandate, Airbus concept updates, and more…

Less than 90 days into the EU SAF mandate, Europe’s largest airlines have suggested that a “reassessment” of the policy ...

28 Feb 2025

SAVi Five: EU Clean Industrial Deal takeaways, reference SAF prices, and more…

In what may have been the most consequential week for EU sustainability policy this year, the European Commission announ...

27 Feb 2025

EU changes could ease CSRD ‘green tape’ for lessors – but do use caution

Key proposed changes proposed relevant to CSRD and the EU Taxonomy in yesterday’s Omnibus Package. The immediate picture...

21 Feb 2025

SAVi Five: What the leaked Clean Industrial Deal could mean for aviation, e-SAF demands, and more…

An early draft of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) expected to be announced later this month was leaked last Friday, prov...

7 Feb 2025

SAVi Five: EU policy plans in 2025, new European aviation roadmap, and more…

A leaked European Commission draft lists the EU's main 2025 policy priorities. Ishka SAVi unpacks those of potential rel...

24 Jan 2025

SAVi Five: Trump exec orders and their aviation impact, companies covered by CSDDD, and more…

Donald Trump has signed sweeping executive orders after his return to the US presidency, including many with implication...

3 Jan 2025

SAVi Five: SAF mandates kick in, IATA upset at EU tax aims, and more…

This week, Europe reached a major milestone in its journey to scale up SAF usage by commercial airlines, with the EU and...

29 Nov 2024

SAVi Five: France proposes SAF carottes, UK launches a Jet Zero ‘Taskforce’, and more…

The French government is reported to view favourably a Senate amendment to its 2025 budget introducing SAF tax credits f...

28 Nov 2024

AC24 round-up: COP29 outcomes, compliance confusion and contrail policy progress

In this second report of a two-part conference round-up, Ishka SAVi – a knowledge partner of the AC24 event – summarises...

18 Nov 2024

Global taxonomies: Aviation included or likely to be added in a third of cases

In this report, Ishka SAVi provides an update to its 2022 analysis to explore how global taxonomies are evolving and whe...

8 Nov 2024

SAVi Five: US election aftermath, EU open to consider frequent flyer levy, and more…

The re-election of Donald Trump as the 47th US President has called into question the stability of US and international ...

30 Oct 2024

SAF Policy Map – Updates from Brazil, South Korea, Indonesia, and more…

This is the 2nd edition of the SAVI SAF Policy Map of policy efforts around the world to increase SAF uptake.

18 Oct 2024

SAVi Five: Hong Kong to set SAF target, first DOE SAF loan guarantees, and more…

The government of Hong Kong in its annual Policy Address on 16th October announced plans to promote the development of n...

17 Oct 2024

EU Taxonomy lawsuit: is the aviation criteria at risk? Ishka examines the arguments

In August, a coalition of environmental NGOs initiated legal action against the European Commission over its inclusion o...

11 Oct 2024

SAVi Five: Brazil’s SAF mandate signed into law, IMF report backs aviation taxes, and more…

Brazil's president has signed into law the country's new biofuels law, requiring airlines to reduce emissions on domesti...

1 Oct 2024

Could EU aviation policymaking be headed for a slow five years?

Key takeaways of a panel discussion in Brussels on the future of sustainable transport following the latest European Par...

12 Sep 2024

SAVi Briefing: Is the EU ETS set to expand in 2026? Unpacking the stakes for airlines

This Ishka SAVi Briefing unpacks the conditions and likely impacts of an EU ETS scope expansion, also known as the end o...