8 Aug 2025

SAVi Five: Barclays & UBS quit NZBA pointing to fall in membership, Stratos DACC update, and more…

Following HSBC’s decision to withdraw from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) last month, two other large European ban...

6 Aug 2025

Sust Fin round-up: Coupon step-up in sight for Air France as airline ‘unlikely’ to meet KPI

Sustainable finance deals in aviation involving airlines and lessors or with aircraft as a collateral remained stable in...

22 Jul 2025

Bank targets: NZBA exits continue, but aviation targets hold and expand

Thirty-eight banks currently have active aviation emissions intensity targets, an increase of one since Ishka SAVi’s las...

18 Jul 2025

SAVi Five: UK scraps Green Taxonomy, unified EU STIP demands, and more…

The UK government confirmed on 15th July it is scrapping plans for a UK Green Taxonomy in light of responses received to...

17 Jul 2025

Bank targets: Aviation emissions intensity down 8% over baselines

Eighteen new data points have been added to Ishka SAVi’s bank emissions intensity progress table, which tracks annual po...

19 Jun 2025

Briefing: An A-to-Z on green and sustainability-linked frameworks in aviation finance

In this briefing, Ishka SAVi takes a closer look at the transaction guidelines that have shaped sustainable financing in...

16 Apr 2025

Airport emissions KPIs: Getting to know your CCDs from your LTOs

This report digs further into the most common aircraft emissions metrics for airports and why, unlike for airlines, thes...

1 Apr 2025

Ishka FSA highlights: EU Taxonomy anger, post-Omnibus takes, sust fin progress

From aviation’s displeasure with the EU Taxonomy to lessors reacting to their EU CSRD de-scoping under Omnibus Regulatio...

18 Mar 2025

Sust Fin: Airline emissions intensity SPTs due in 2024 likely to be met

Using data by PACE, this report examines airline sustainable finance issuers with SPT benchmark years in 2024 and one in...

26 Feb 2025

Will aircraft emissions KPIs gain traction in airport sustainable finance?

Sustainable finance transactions by airports, including those with Scope 3 aircraft emissions targets. Could more airpor...

7 Feb 2025

Mind the baseline: progress in banks’ aviation portfolio emissions intensity

Some emissions intensity targets with pandemic baselines have been followed by significant declines in emissions intensi...

4 Feb 2025

How are NZBA withdrawals impacting aviation decarbonisation targets?

The Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a leading climate initiative in the banking sector, which has played a key role in...

15 Jan 2025

Sust Fin round-up: Lessors match airlines in 2024 as total deals dip

Sustainable finance deals involving airlines, lessors, or aircraft as collateral experienced an annual decline last year...

6 Dec 2024

SAVi Five: EU Taxonomy FAQ published, US reassurance on SAF credits, and more…

The European Commission late on 29th November released the long-awaited ‘frequently asked questions on the EU Taxonomy’ ...

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...

11 Nov 2024

Sust Finance Update: Lessors take the lead through to November

Sustainable finance deals involving airlines and lessors or with aircraft as a collateral continued on an annual basis d...

1 Nov 2024

SAVi Five: US lessor firsts in SAF and sust fin, Finnair delays targets, tax changes, and more…

Two US-headquartered aircraft leasing companies announced milestone sustainability efforts this week with the closing of...

16 Sep 2024

Ishka Japan: Sust-linked transactions more a ‘can-do’ than a ‘must-do’

Ishka queries the appetite by JOLCO arrangers for sustainability-linked deals, the attitudes of banks in Asia-Pacific to...

22 Aug 2024

Thirty banks have now set interim aviation emissions intensity targets

As many as 30 banks have now set aviation emissions intensity targets, and at least a further four are expected to annou...

7 Aug 2024

Chinese institutions in aviation embrace sustainable finance

Four of the seven sustainable finance transactions in aviation since December 2023 have involved two Chinese-owned leasi...