8 Sep 2025

Ishka Singapore highlights: Sust-linked deals still on the radar, but execution lags

From the attractiveness of sustainability-linked finance and SAF investment hurdles in Asia-Pacific, Ishka SAVi explores...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

2 May 2025

SAVi Five: SAF demand updates, European aviation emissions, bank net-zero alignment, and more…

The past seven days saw several notable SAF demand assertions and market updates, including Air New Zealand reaffirming ...

17 Apr 2025

SAVi Five: IMO carbon pricing lessons for aviation, NZBA drops 1.5C, and more…

Following the finalisation last week of the IMO Net-Zero Framework for shipping – described as the world's first industr...

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 ...

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...

10 Jan 2025

SAVi Five: Avolon’s electric aircraft LOI, US banks walk away from NZBA, and more…

Top-five largest lessor Avolon and Air New Zealand have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the sale and leaseback of a ...

19 Dec 2024

Explainer: Linking EU Taxonomy aviation FAQ/GRR answers to the criteria

In this eight-page explainer, Ishka analyses both of these documents and links additional information to the EU Taxonomy...

27 Sep 2024

SAVi Five: IATA’s latest $4.7tn Net Zero cost estimate, ING calls out climate laggards, and more…

IATA has published new detailed Net Zero roadmaps for finance and policy, providing estimates and recommendations to gui...

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...

13 May 2024

Examining lessor portfolios through the lens of Impact’s decoupling milestones

In this joint report, Rob Neale, Chief Product Officer at PACE, and Eduardo Mariz, Senior Analyst and Sustainability Lea...

5 Apr 2024

SAVi Five: Pegasus launch, UK ‘does not rule out’ frequent flyer levy, and more…

The long-awaited Pegasus Guidelines for aviation were launched on 4th April, offering an open-source methodology for ban...

4 Apr 2024

Pegasus Guidelines adopt ‘open-source’ approach to attract new banks

Inspired by the shipping industry’s Poseidon Principles, the long-awaited Pegasus Guidelines for aviation (not Pegasus P...

19 Mar 2024

Ishka ESG: More ‘client selection’ as banks move to benchmark aviation emissions

Key takeaways from Ishka’s third full-day ESG aviation investor conference in London on 13th March as well as Ishka’s se...

15 Mar 2024

SAVi Five: Brazil SAF targets head for approval, new WEF report, and more…

Brazil’s lower house has approved a legislative proposal to require from 2027 that domestic aircraft operators decrease ...

13 Mar 2024

Twenty-four banks have now set 2030 aviation emissions intensity targets

As many as 24 major lenders have now set 2030 aviation emissions intensity targets, and a further nine are expected to a...