There are no cache instructions on SVGs on the CDN, could you please add some on?
$ curl -I https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2/svg/1f937.svg HTTP/1.1 200 OK Accept-Ranges: bytes Content-Type: image/svg+xml Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 05:44:19 GMT Last-Modified: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 07:14:38 GMT Server: ECS (syd/EBEC) X-Cache: HIT X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN X-nc: MISS lax 186 Content-Length: 4618
The cache can be set to a long time without causing problems, I’m fine with a month or more.
Also, I’m not sure if it’s possible/desired to compress the data, but I imagine SVGs will compress moderately well.