1 Apr 2025

Ishka FSA highlights: EU Taxonomy anger, post-Omnibus takes, sust fin progress

From aviation’s displeasure with the EU Taxonomy to lessors reacting to their EU CSRD de-scoping under Omnibus Regulatio...

27 Feb 2025

EU changes could ease CSRD ‘green tape’ for lessors – but do use caution

Key proposed changes proposed relevant to CSRD and the EU Taxonomy in yesterday’s Omnibus Package. The immediate picture...

23 Jan 2025

Interview: How Avolon is bringing ‘traditional leasing’ to new propulsion

Avolon's steps towards seizing a historic milestone: executing a sale-leaseback for the first electric aircraft operated...

20 Jan 2025

EU CSRD preparation and compliance tips for lessors in 2025

PwC Ireland explores how aircraft leasing companies should approach in 2025 some of the reporting requirements created b...

15 Jan 2025

Sust Fin round-up: Lessors match airlines in 2024 as total deals dip

Sustainable finance deals involving airlines, lessors, or aircraft as collateral experienced an annual decline last year...

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...

20 Nov 2024

ALI Sust Day 2024: Most lessors still SAF hesitant, but some are carving out roles

The third annual sustainability event hosted by Aircraft Leasing Ireland (ALI) took place last week in Dublin to take st...

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 ...

7 Aug 2024

Chinese institutions in aviation embrace sustainable finance

Four of the seven sustainable finance transactions in aviation since December 2023 have involved two Chinese-owned leasi...

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...

15 May 2024

Presentation: Examining lessor portfolios through Impact's decoupling milestones

A presentation by Ishka SAVi, PACE and Impact at the Ishka Dublin 2024 conference

13 May 2024

Examining lessor portfolios through the lens of Impact’s decoupling milestones

In this joint report, Rob Neale, Chief Product Officer at PACE, and Eduardo Mariz, Senior Analyst and Sustainability Lea...

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...

26 Mar 2024

Aircraft lessors and asset managers grow their SAF engagement - new Ishka research

Aircraft lessors and asset managers are starting to walk the talk on their public support for sustainable aviation fuel ...

19 Mar 2024

Ishka ESG: More ‘client selection’ as banks move to benchmark aviation emissions

Key takeaways from Ishka’s third full-day ESG aviation investor conference in London on 13th March as well as Ishka’s se...

7 Mar 2024

How can lessors help unlock emissions intensity reductions from the current fleet?

In this joint report, Rob Neale, Chief Product Officer at PACE, and Eduardo Mariz, Senior Analyst and Sustainability Lea...

9 Feb 2024

SAVi Five: EU sets 90% by 2040 emissions cut target, Avolon evaluates clean tech, Shanghai Taxonomy, and more…

The European Commission has recommended a 90% net greenhouse gas EU emissions reduction by 2040 compared to 1990 levels,...

29 Jan 2024

Impact YIR: The view from Japan on aviation’s sustainability challenge

Ishka SAVi spotlights one of Impact's Year in Review 2023 features examining how ESG pressures are shaping the Japanese ...

26 Jan 2024

SAVi Five: Spring Airlines first to debut transition loan in China, first AtJ SAF plant, and more…

Shanghai-headquartered low-cost Spring Airlines has become the first company in China to close a loan aligned with what ...

15 Dec 2023

SAVi Five: COP28 ends with snag for CORSIA and coalition for aviation levies, and more…

This update’s key stories include outcomes for aviation at COP28, and IATA’s latest SAF estimates for 2023 and 2024, and...