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 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...

24 Jan 2025

SAVi Five: Trump exec orders and their aviation impact, companies covered by CSDDD, and more…

Donald Trump has signed sweeping executive orders after his return to the US presidency, including many with implication...

29 Nov 2024

SAVi Five: France proposes SAF carottes, UK launches a Jet Zero ‘Taskforce’, and more…

The French government is reported to view favourably a Senate amendment to its 2025 budget introducing SAF tax credits f...

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...

15 Nov 2024

SAVi Five: COP29 gets underway, turning point for EU jet fuel tax proposal, and more…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres joined calls this week in favour of applying climate solidary levies to polluting ...

8 Nov 2024

SAVi Five: US election aftermath, EU open to consider frequent flyer levy, and more…

The re-election of Donald Trump as the 47th US President has called into question the stability of US and international ...

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...

30 Aug 2024

SAVi Five: NGOs sue against EU Taxonomy aviation criteria, UK SAF mandate cost estimates, and more…

A coalition of NGOs are taking the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over its decision to include cur...

16 Aug 2024

SAVi Five: California rows back proposed fossil jet fuel penalties, Asia SAF policy news, and more…

Under new proposed amendments unveiled this week, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has decided to row back on f...

26 Jul 2024

SAVi Five: Flight emissions labelling in UK, EU Taxonomy update, and more…

Five noteworthy (and non-Farnborough) aviation sustainability developments in the past seven days curated by the Ishka S...

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.

5 Jul 2024

SAVi Five: Labour win may mean higher ETS costs for airlines, non-CO2 MRV draft act published, and more…

The UK Labour party earned an absolute majority in parliament on the 4th July general election, an outcome that carbon m...

14 Jun 2024

SAVi Five: UK aviation policy clues ahead of election, first lessor emissions intensity data, and more…

With two weeks to go to the UK general elections, Ishka looks at how each of the main parties could shape aviation’s dec...

14 May 2024

UK SAF mandate to have ‘high bar’ for changes, RCM law could come ‘before the election’

Ishka summarises takeaways from the SAF Supply Chain event in London last week.

26 Apr 2024

SAVi Five: UK launches 2030 10% SAF mandate, AerCap’s fleet renewal gains pace, and more…

The UK has finally launched a much awaited 10% by 2030 SAF mandate. The mandate, which is still subject to parliamentary...

19 Apr 2024

SAVi 5: ICCT Net Zero 2050 progress update, MONTE’s new clean OEM partnership, and more…

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) published a blog post on 15th April summarising progress by avi...

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...

8 Mar 2024

SAVi Five: EU SES2+ deal, Malaysia to allow carbon levy to fund SAF, and more…

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament on 6th March announced a provisional agreement on the reform of the Si...

23 Feb 2024

SAVi Five: Singapore’s 1% 2026 SAF mandate, Swiss looks at SAF mandate, and more

Singapore has published its long-awaited blueprint, whose most distinctive policy is the introduction of a SAF mandate.