25 Apr 2025

SAVi Five: Boeing pauses X-66, United invests in ‘duopoly challenger’ JetZero

Boeing has announced an indefinite pause on joint work with NASA on the X-66 flight demonstrator, a truss-braced wing co...

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 ...

14 Mar 2025

SAVi Five: First airline EU Taxonomy disclosures, NZBA’s 1.5C pivot, US SAF policy updates, and more…

With the start of the airline annual reporting season, some of the first reports to include EU Taxonomy aviation criteri...

7 Mar 2025

SAVi Five: ICAO proposes 10% lower aircraft emissions standard, US and China SAF policy news, and more…

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

6 Mar 2025

‘I didn't say anything about moving away from Net Zero 2050’- IATA’s Willie Walsh

IATA Director General Willie Walsh caused a stir this week at the ISTAT Americas conference warning that airlines might ...

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...

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 ...

9 Dec 2024

Impact Stocktake: Multi-stakeholder forum delivers caution on voluntary actions and ‘free’ money

Key takeaways from the two-day Impact Stocktake Forum, which served as a science-led assessment of the policy, financial...

22 Nov 2024

SAVi Five: COP29 nears conclusion, US state SAF policy scorecard, and more…

Climate talks at COP29 in Baku continued late into Friday night, as developing countries and environmentalists reacted t...

16 Oct 2024

Introducing CIRO, a new way to understand airline emissions risks and opportunities

Ishka Insights subscribers can now request a digital copy of the first CIRO Report examining Air France-KLM.

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...

19 Jul 2024

SAVi Five: New UK Govt prioritises SAF bill, EU Green Deal lives on after election, and more…

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