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...

19 Dec 2024

Explainer: Linking EU Taxonomy aviation FAQ/GRR answers to the criteria

In this eight-page explainer, Ishka analyses both of these documents and links additional information to the EU Taxonomy...

18 Nov 2024

Global taxonomies: Aviation included or likely to be added in a third of cases

In this report, Ishka SAVi provides an update to its 2022 analysis to explore how global taxonomies are evolving and whe...

17 Oct 2024

EU Taxonomy lawsuit: is the aviation criteria at risk? Ishka examines the arguments

In August, a coalition of environmental NGOs initiated legal action against the European Commission over its inclusion o...

11 Oct 2024

SAVi Five: Brazil’s SAF mandate signed into law, IMF report backs aviation taxes, and more…

Brazil's president has signed into law the country's new biofuels law, requiring airlines to reduce emissions on domesti...

16 Sep 2024

Ishka Japan: Sust-linked transactions more a ‘can-do’ than a ‘must-do’

Ishka queries the appetite by JOLCO arrangers for sustainability-linked deals, the attitudes of banks in Asia-Pacific to...

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...

4 Apr 2024

Pegasus Guidelines adopt ‘open-source’ approach to attract new banks

Inspired by the shipping industry’s Poseidon Principles, the long-awaited Pegasus Guidelines for aviation (not Pegasus P...

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...

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,...

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 ...

8 Dec 2023

SAVi Five: Singapore adds aviation to new Taxonomy, CDB Aviation’s sust-linked loan, and more…

Key stories include Singapore’s newly-launched sustainable finance Taxonomy (which contains criteria for zero-emission a...

10 Nov 2023

SAVi Five: EU jet fuel tax hits snag, study calls for govts to pay 20% of $5tn net-zero bill, and more…

Key stories include confirmation that plans to remove an EU tax exemption for jet fuel have hit a snag, and a working pa...

14 Jun 2023

Aviation’s inclusion into the EU Taxonomy approved by the European Commission

The European Commission on 13th June approved in principle a new set of EU Taxonomy criteria for economic activities inc...

14 Jun 2023

Explainer: What is the EU Taxonomy and why does it matter for aviation finance?

What is the goal of the EU Taxonomy and what is its significant for aviation finance - a short explainer.

11 May 2023

SAVi Five: NGOs and MEPs slam EU taxonomy for including aviation, CDB’s sust finance goals, and more…

This week's highlights include new backlash against aviation’s inclusion in the EU Taxonomy, lessor CDB aviation targeti...

14 Mar 2023

Leaked EU Taxonomy TSC draft includes aviation criteria

After weeks of speculation that aviation could be dropped from the EU Taxonomy, a newly leaked draft seen by Ishka sugge...

8 Mar 2023

SAVi Extra: Taxonomy turbulence, UK policy updates, and more

This March 2023 issue covers relevant sustainability developments for aviation finance during January and February 2023:...

1 Mar 2023

Briefing: Aviation EU Taxonomy faces greenwashing accusations

Efforts to incorporate aviation into the EU Taxonomy – the EU’s sustainable finance master plan – were dealt a blow last...

10 Aug 2022

Briefing: Beyond the EU, what other sustainable taxonomies do (or could) include aviation?

Ishka investigates the inclusion of aviation in sustainable finance taxonomies to find out where, outside the EU, aviati...