13 Feb 2026

SAVi Five: EU ETS under attack, UK exceeds 2025 SAF mandate, and more…

Europe’s largest airline association, Airlines for Europe (A4E), this week urged European leaders to “bring down ETS cos...

23 Jan 2026

SAVi Five: US SAF use grows 2.5x in 2025, Total CEO accuses airlines of undermining mandate, and more…

SAF consumption in the US rose to approximately 870,000 tonnes in 2025, more than doubling the total from 2024, accordin...

16 Jan 2026

SAVi Five: EU ETS allowances reach €90, lessor SAF certificate guidance, and more…

EU ETS carbon prices rose above €90/t this week, the highest since mid-2023, with ICE EUA December 2026 futures trading ...

13 Jan 2026

Global Taxonomies: Aviation included or likely to be added in nearly half of cases

This report updates Ishka SAVi’s November 2024 analysis and August 2022 analysis to track how taxonomies are evolving an...

2 Jan 2026

SAVi Five: New propulsion ‘first flight’ updates, Japan’s GX-ETS price ceiling, and more…

As 2025 drew to a close, it left behind a year of milestones for several new propulsion aircraft developers, but also so...

20 Nov 2025

EU ETS & SAF costs: European airlines soft land in the new normal

Ishka analyses the latest Q3 disclosures by Europe's largest operators to understand the cost impacts of SAF mandates an...

23 Oct 2025

UK flagship SAF event moves past policy talk to address project progress

The third edition of the UK government’s annual SAF event, the SAF Supply Chain Initiative, was held in Sheffield on 16t...

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 ...

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...