Sustainable Aviation Intelligence

2 Oct 2026

SAVi Five: Court rejects challenge to EU aviation Taxonomy criteria, EU e-SAF sub-target reaffirmed, and more…

The General Court of the European Union on 30th September rejected all aviation-related arguments in a lawsuit against t...

7 May 2026

What does the Iran War-driven energy shock mean for SAF?

Ishka SAVi looks back at the two months of volatility since the start of the Iran War to understand how SAF prices have ...

27 Feb 2026

SAVi Five: Final green light to CSRD simplification, EASA SAF reference price, and more…

The Council of the EU announced this week the “final green light” to legislation to simplify EU directives on CSRD and C...

20 Nov 2025

EU ETS & SAF costs: European airlines soft land in the new normal

Ishka analyses the latest Q3 disclosures by Europe's largest operators to understand the cost impacts of SAF mandates an...

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...

28 Jul 2025

EU SAF Mandate: What exactly has gone wrong in its first six months?

This report unpacks the implementation problems of the EU’s SAF mandate in the first half of 2025.

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...

30 May 2025

SAVi Five: EU inquiry into Omnibus, 2030s jet fuel price volatility, Japanese ETS threshold

The European Ombudswoman at the end of last week opened an inquiry into how the European Commission prepared a legislati...

2 May 2025

SAVi Five: SAF demand updates, European aviation emissions, bank net-zero alignment, and more…

The past seven days saw several notable SAF demand assertions and market updates, including Air New Zealand reaffirming ...

4 Apr 2025

SAVi Five: US tariffs appear to skirt SAF, IATA SAF registry launches, and more…

A list of goods (Annex II) that shall not be subject to US tariffs imposed by the US government on 2nd April includes Je...

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...

13 Dec 2024

SAVi Five: IATA SAF estimate to be missed, deadlock continues for EU jet fuel tax, and more…

IATA has unveiled estimates for SAF production showing that in 2024 SAF volumes reached 1 million metric tonnes (Mt).

6 Dec 2024

SAVi Five: EU Taxonomy FAQ published, US reassurance on SAF credits, and more…

The European Commission late on 29th November released the long-awaited ‘frequently asked questions on the EU Taxonomy’ ...

13 Sep 2024

SAVi Five: EU jet fuel taxation could be 20 years away, Zero Avia completes $150m Series C financing, and more...

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

6 Mar 2024

Argus Future Fuels: SAF pricing trends, e-SAF outlook and other market developments

From feedstock competition to SAF prices, Ishka provides a summary of some of the main SAF talking points in the Argus O...

22 Jun 2022

SAF update: Europe not yielding to Ukraine-driven HEFA price hike

From sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) prices to mandate developments, Ishka provides a summary of some of the points cove...

29 Mar 2022

SAF update: Ukraine crisis causes price spike, maintaining jet fuel spread

From sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) prices to capacity developments, Ishka provides a summary of some of the points cov...