Sustainable Aviation Intelligence

12 Jun 2026

SAVi Five: IATA sees SAF at 2.4 Mt in 2026, SBTi clarifies role of SAF Book and Claim, and more…

SAF will account for 0.8% of airline fuel use in 2026, keeping with a “disappointing” sub-1% projection already shared l...

11 Jun 2026

Bank targets: Sustained 4–6% annual reduction in aviation emissions intensity

Forty-two new data points have been added to Ishka SAVi’s bank aviation emissions intensity progress table.

10 Jun 2026

Despite NZBA dissolution, lenders with aviation emissions targets grow

Forty banks currently have active aviation portfolio emissions intensity targets as of June 2026, a net increase of two ...

17 Oct 2025

SAVi Five: Report lists EU SAF mandate flaws, IMO Net-Zero vote adjourned, and more…

The European Regions Airline (ERA) Association published this week a 20-page report highlighting key issues in the imple...

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 ...

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...

29 Aug 2025

SAVi Five: China lays down plans for EU ETS-style carbon market, non-CO2’s legal responsibility, and more…

The Chinese government this week published a statement by its highest organs of authority spelling out plans to tighten ...

8 Aug 2025

SAVi Five: Barclays & UBS quit NZBA pointing to fall in membership, Stratos DACC update, and more…

Following HSBC’s decision to withdraw from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) last month, two other large European ban...

22 Jul 2025

Bank targets: NZBA exits continue, but aviation targets hold and expand

Thirty-eight banks currently have active aviation emissions intensity targets, an increase of one since Ishka SAVi’s las...

25 Apr 2025

SAVi Five: Boeing pauses X-66, United invests in ‘duopoly challenger’ JetZero

Boeing has announced an indefinite pause on joint work with NASA on the X-66 flight demonstrator, a truss-braced wing co...

28 Mar 2025

SAVi Five: EU airlines suggest ‘reassessment’ of SAF mandate, Airbus concept updates, and more…

Less than 90 days into the EU SAF mandate, Europe’s largest airlines have suggested that a “reassessment” of the policy ...

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 ...

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...

7 Feb 2025

Mind the baseline: progress in banks’ aviation portfolio emissions intensity

Some emissions intensity targets with pandemic baselines have been followed by significant declines in emissions intensi...

4 Feb 2025

How are NZBA withdrawals impacting aviation decarbonisation targets?

The Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a leading climate initiative in the banking sector, which has played a key role in...

10 Jan 2025

SAVi Five: Avolon’s electric aircraft LOI, US banks walk away from NZBA, and more…

Top-five largest lessor Avolon and Air New Zealand have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the sale and leaseback of a ...

9 Dec 2024

Impact Stocktake: Multi-stakeholder forum delivers caution on voluntary actions and ‘free’ money

Key takeaways from the two-day Impact Stocktake Forum, which served as a science-led assessment of the policy, financial...

22 Nov 2024

SAVi Five: COP29 nears conclusion, US state SAF policy scorecard, and more…

Climate talks at COP29 in Baku continued late into Friday night, as developing countries and environmentalists reacted t...