22 Aug 2025

SAVi Five: Ireland launches SAF policy roadmap, STIP consultation, CDR guide, and more…

The Irish government on 21st August published the country’s first SAF Policy Roadmap, incorporating views from a range o...

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...

12 Aug 2025

Arcadia eFuels: All eyes on EU Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP) announcement to realise e-SAF offt...

Arcadia eFuels’ CEO Amy Hebert provides an update on the progress so far of Project SkyPower, and how Arcadia sees the e...

1 Aug 2025

SAVi Five: EU makes post-CSRD VSME recommendation, Heathrow submits expansion plan, and more…

The European Commission on 30th July adopted a recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for SMEs that presen...

25 Jul 2025

SAVi Five: First lessor order for BETA’s e-CTOL aircraft, China’s ‘green catalogue’ aviation criteria, and mor...

A subsidiary of Libra Group, the parent company of aircraft lessor LCI, announced on 23rd July it has placed a firm purc...

18 Jul 2025

SAVi Five: UK scraps Green Taxonomy, unified EU STIP demands, and more…

The UK government confirmed on 15th July it is scrapping plans for a UK Green Taxonomy in light of responses received to...

14 Jul 2025

SAVi Five: EU 2040 90% climate target at risk, US slashes SAF credit premium, EU taxonomy simplified, and more...

The European Parliament voted 379–300 to reject fast-tracking the Commission’s proposition to enshrine a 90% net-GHG red...

4 Jul 2025

SAVi Five: Trump to sign off on SAF credits through to 2029, IATA hits back at global levy proposal, and more…

US President Donald Trump is expected to sign into law a budget reconciliation bill with important changes to US fiscal ...

20 Jun 2025

SAVi Five: Australian taxonomy aircraft criteria, US Senate proposes SAF tax credits reduction, and more…

The Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy was released on 17th June, becoming the first since the EU’s and Singapore’s...

30 May 2025

SAVi Five: EU inquiry into Omnibus, 2030s jet fuel price volatility, Japanese ETS threshold

The European Ombudswoman at the end of last week opened an inquiry into how the European Commission prepared a legislati...

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...

10 Apr 2025

SAF Policy Map – Updates from Colombia, EU, Japan, Thailand, and more…

This is the 3rd edition of the SAVI SAF Policy Map of policy efforts around the world to increase SAF uptake. This editi...

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 ...

4 Mar 2025

European SAF demand to be met until mid-2030s, but new policies could ‘shift balance’

The Argus Oil and Future Fuel Conference 2025 provided insights into the evolving production landscape of SAF. While Eur...

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...

21 Feb 2025

SAVi Five: What the leaked Clean Industrial Deal could mean for aviation, e-SAF demands, and more…

An early draft of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) expected to be announced later this month was leaked last Friday, prov...