21 Aug 2025

SAF Policy Map – Updates from the UK, Turkey, Japan, and more…

This is the 4th edition of the SAVi SAF policy map, of policy efforts around the world to increase SAF uptake. This edit...

20 Aug 2025

Willis Sustainable Fuels’ Dr. Amy Ruddock on aligning SAF with leasing interest

WLFC SVP of Sustainable Aviation and Corporate Development, Amy Ruddock, explores what led WLFC to invest in SAF, how SA...

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...

23 May 2025

SAVi Five: Plans to link EU & UK ETS, US SAF 45Z credit extension progress, and more…

Leaders of the EU and UK met in London on 19th May for the first EU-UK summit since the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, agr...

20 May 2025

SSWS 2025: UK SAF RCM bill ‘great news’, but devil will be in the details

In the first of two reports, Ishka SAVi unpacks feelings and reactions from SSWS panellists around current and incoming ...

16 May 2025

SAVi Five: Key UK and US SAF bills & reaction, upcoming ZeroAvia cargo flights, and more…

Significant progress on SAF policy was made this week in both the UK and the US, with proposed legislation on both sides...

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...