17 Oct 2025

SAVi Five: Report lists EU SAF mandate flaws, IMO Net-Zero vote adjourned, and more…

The European Regions Airline (ERA) Association published this week a 20-page report highlighting key issues in the imple...

10 Oct 2025

SAVi Five: Mixed review from ICAO’s 42nd Assembly, Spain approves short-haul flight ban, and more…

ICAO’s 42nd Assembly in Montreal focused as predicted on implementation rather than new ambition, launching its Finvest ...

3 Oct 2025

SAVi Five: BETA’s IPO reveals key details, S. Korea to tighten ETS, new CORSIA EEU price indications, and more...

BETA's 715-page IPO filing provides fresh insight into its orderbook, the CX300 CTOL testing progress, production plans,...

26 Sep 2025

SAVi Five: US scolds ICAO on climate, non-CO2 measures could prevent 85% of warming, BETA's rumoured IPO, and ...

The US this week criticised ICAO for “extending itself far beyond its proper mandate” including on “social programmes or...

19 Sep 2025

SAVi Five: EU gives $117m in SAF aid to airlines, S. Korea adds new SAF mandate targets, and more…

The European Commission this week granted 1.3 million free EU ETS allowances worth about €100 million ($117 million) to ...

14 Sep 2025

SAVi Five: Consultation on Hong Kong's expanded taxonomy, China’s ETS 'unlikely' to include aviation, and more...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on 8th September launched a consultation on the Phase 2A prototype of its green ...

7 Sep 2025

SAVi Five: India unveils SAF feasibility roadmap, GE invests in BETA Technologies, and more ...

India this week released its first SAF feasibility roadmap, evaluating domestic feedstock availability, viable productio...

29 Aug 2025

SAVi Five: China lays down plans for EU ETS-style carbon market, non-CO2’s legal responsibility, and more…

The Chinese government this week published a statement by its highest organs of authority spelling out plans to tighten ...

22 Aug 2025

SAVi Five: Ireland launches SAF policy roadmap, STIP consultation, CDR guide, and more…

The Irish government on 21st August published the country’s first SAF Policy Roadmap, incorporating views from a range o...

15 Aug 2025

SAVi Five: Reuters finds most airline-linked SAF projects lag behind targets, UK SAF usage below 2% in H1, and...

A Reuters investigation examined 165 airline-announced SAF projects over the past 12 years, finding only 36 currently pr...

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...

1 Aug 2025

SAVi Five: EU makes post-CSRD VSME recommendation, Heathrow submits expansion plan, and more…

The European Commission on 30th July adopted a recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for SMEs that presen...

25 Jul 2025

SAVi Five: First lessor order for BETA’s e-CTOL aircraft, China’s ‘green catalogue’ aviation criteria, and mor...

A subsidiary of Libra Group, the parent company of aircraft lessor LCI, announced on 23rd July it has placed a firm purc...

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...

14 Jul 2025

SAVi Five: EU 2040 90% climate target at risk, US slashes SAF credit premium, EU taxonomy simplified, and more...

The European Parliament voted 379–300 to reject fast-tracking the Commission’s proposition to enshrine a 90% net-GHG red...

4 Jul 2025

SAVi Five: Trump to sign off on SAF credits through to 2029, IATA hits back at global levy proposal, and more…

US President Donald Trump is expected to sign into law a budget reconciliation bill with important changes to US fiscal ...

1 Jul 2025

Ishka and Airfinance Global announce merger to form aviation finance intelligence powerhouse

Ishka Limited and Airfinance Global Limited (AFG) today announced their merger in a strategic transaction backed by Foun...

27 Jun 2025

SAVi Five: China eyes 2027 ETS aviation inclusion, fuel surcharge-like climate levy proposal, and more…

Five noteworthy aviation sustainability developments in the past seven days curated by the Ishka SAVi team.

20 Jun 2025

SAVi Five: Australian taxonomy aircraft criteria, US Senate proposes SAF tax credits reduction, and more…

The Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy was released on 17th June, becoming the first since the EU’s and Singapore’s...

13 Jun 2025

SAVi Five: Pre-Paris news, industry outlooks, aviation levies update, and more…

With just three days remaining until the official inauguration of the 2025 Paris Air Show, start-up OEMs have begun thei...