10 Oct 2025

SAVi Five: Mixed review from ICAO’s 42nd Assembly, Spain approves short-haul flight ban, and more…

ICAO’s 42nd Assembly in Montreal focused as predicted on implementation rather than new ambition, launching its Finvest ...

26 Sep 2025

SAVi Five: US scolds ICAO on climate, non-CO2 measures could prevent 85% of warming, BETA's rumoured IPO, and ...

The US this week criticised ICAO for “extending itself far beyond its proper mandate” including on “social programmes or...

18 Sep 2025

ICAO’s 42nd Assembly: what to look out for in Montreal?

ICAO’s 42nd Assembly will take place in Montreal from 23rd September to 3rd October, and after several annual assemblies...

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...

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...

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.

25 Feb 2025

Explainer: CORSIA Phase 1

How it works, its scale, challenges, and cost. This one-page Explainer provides a brief summary of the current state of ...

14 Feb 2025

SAVi Five: Airbus delays ZEROe, calls for stricter ICAO aircraft emissions limit, and more…

Airbus at the end of last week confirmed it is scrapping a 2035 target for introducing its hydrogen-powered ZEROe projec...

30 Jan 2025

Briefing: Unpacking CORSIA Phase 1 and its many challenges

This Ishka SAVi Briefing unpacks the current state of play and challenges of ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Sche...

3 Jan 2025

SAVi Five: SAF mandates kick in, IATA upset at EU tax aims, and more…

This week, Europe reached a major milestone in its journey to scale up SAF usage by commercial airlines, with the EU and...

12 Sep 2024

SAVi Briefing: Is the EU ETS set to expand in 2026? Unpacking the stakes for airlines

This Ishka SAVi Briefing unpacks the conditions and likely impacts of an EU ETS scope expansion, also known as the end o...

12 Aug 2024

SAVi Five: Virgin Atlantic’s 'Flight 100' ad banned, e-VTOL Paris Olympics experiment scrapped, and more…

Five noteworthy aviation sustainability developments in the past seven days curated by the Ishka SAVi team.

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.

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...

1 Dec 2023

SAVi Five: Virgin’s 100% SAF flight milestone, COP28 expectations, and more

This update’s key stories include Virgin Atlantic’s historic 100% SAF commercial transatlantic flight – both a major mil...

8 Nov 2023

AC23 round-up: Eyes set on CAAF/3 as SAF Book & Claim rises up the agenda

Ishka, a knowledge partner of Aviation Carbon 2023, summarises the main takeaways of this week's conference in London.

3 Nov 2023

SAVi Extra: EU Council approves ReFuelEU Aviation

This November 2023 issue covers relevant sustainability developments for aviation finance during September and October 2...

27 Oct 2023

SAVi Five: Ireland gets lessor-backed SAF study, EU NZIA to include SAF support, and more…

This update’s key stories include the unveiling of a much-awaited SAF feasibility study in Ireland backed by Boeing, Avo...

20 Oct 2023

SAVi Five: SMBC AC debuts sust-linked loan, Spain’s proposed domestic flight ban, and more…

This update’s key stories include a leasing first in SMBC Aviation Capital’s five-year $150 million sustainability-linke...

11 Aug 2023

SAVi Five: Google highlights non-CO2 effects, Eviation steps towards production, and more…

This week's highlights include Google’s high-profile work to mitigate the non-CO2 effects of aviation through AI contrai...