Sustainable Aviation Intelligence

20 Aug 2026

ESG reporting: What aircraft lessors should know about the VSME-based ‘Voluntary Standard’

The European Commission has adopted a delegated act establishing the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Voluntary Use...

6 Aug 2026

Eight lessors retain portfolio sustainability targets, but avoid energy mix commitments

This update revisits Ishka Airfinance SAVi’s May 2025 analysis, which identified 20 targets across six lessors. ACG and ...

16 Jul 2026

SBTi’s Net-Zero update gives corporate SAF buyers a clearer route

This is a guest report by Harvey Carlin, a Digital Communications Specialist at low-carbon commodity company StarCB (SCB...

9 Jan 2026

SAVi Five: US pulls back from climate treaties, Thailand implements SAF mandate, and more…

US President Donald Trump earlier this week signed an executive order withdrawing the US from a long list of UN bodies a...

5 Dec 2025

SAVi Five: First EU e-SAF two-way auction set for 2026, India approves SAF targets, and more…

Eight European countries launched this week the e-SAF Early Movers Coalition, an initiative envisioned under the EU’s Su...

21 Nov 2025

SAVi Five: COP30 latest, CAeS pivots away from BN-2 aircraft conversion, and more…

The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) continued in Brazil this week with some notable developments for aviation,...

12 May 2025

Sustainability targets: Only six of 34 analysed lessors have public portfolio targets

This is Ishka SAVi’s initial attempt to benchmark sustainability disclosure by the aircraft leasing sector as well as ho...

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...

17 Feb 2025

Omnibus Package: With the EU set to simplify sustainability reporting, what should lessors do?

This joint report by David Lowe, VP Marketing Aviation at Fexco & PACE, and the Ishka SAVi team combines Ishka’s summary...

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...

8 Mar 2024

SAVi Five: EU SES2+ deal, Malaysia to allow carbon levy to fund SAF, and more…

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament on 6th March announced a provisional agreement on the reform of the Si...

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 ...