10 Jan 2025

SAVi Five: Avolon’s electric aircraft LOI, US banks walk a...

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...

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, IN...

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 inten...

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 d...

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...

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...

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 benchm...

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 r...

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 int...

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

29 Jan 2024

Impact YIR: The view from Japan on aviation’s sustainabili...

Ishka SAVi spotlights one of Impact's Year in Review 2023 features examining how ESG pressures are shaping the Japanese ...

26 Jan 2024

SAVi Five: Spring Airlines first to debut transition loan ...

Shanghai-headquartered low-cost Spring Airlines has become the first company in China to close a loan aligned with what ...

24 Oct 2023

Briefing: An early look at the Poseidon-inspired aviation ...

Ishka speaks with the RMI Centre for Climate-Aligned Finance and one of the Aviation CAF Working Group members, Crédit A...

12 Sep 2023

Sust Finance in aviation: Taking stock of incentives, airc...

Ishka examines the typical incentive or penalty in aviation sustainable finance transactions, favoured aircraft types, a...

14 Jul 2023

Briefing: 14 banks have now set 2030 aviation emissions in...

New Ishka research reveals that at least 14 global lenders have published 2030 emissions intensity reduction targets for...

22 Feb 2023

Understanding Impact’s milestone concept for aviation sust...

First teased at the start of January, aviation finance sustainability association Impact has now released further detail...

17 Jan 2023

Impact unveils sustainability milestone approach ahead of ...

Impact, established at the start of 2022 and now backed by 35 members, has unveiled a milestone concept for aviation fin...

24 Aug 2022

Impact’s new white paper argues for decoupling growth and ...

Aviation finance association Impact, now backed by 33 members, laid down its metrics aspirations to track aviation decar...

24 Mar 2022

Bank-led aviation carbon initiative Impact names board and...

Impact, a new aviation finance association dedicated to achieving Net Zero CO2 emissions by 2050, has announced its foun...

17 Jan 2022

Aviation banks partner for new sustainable aviation initia...

A group of about 20 international aviation banks and institutions are in the process of establishing an independent asso...