Rudenkois/Shutterstock Save for later Print Download Share While many European oil companies are still aiming, publicly at least, to reach net zero by 2050, few have presented convincing road maps on how they will reduce their Scope 3 (end-use) emissions to achieve that target, especially as global oil and gas demand continues to rise. Oil companies like to view Scope 3 — by far the biggest contributor to their overall emissions footprint — as somebody else’s Scope 1 and 2 (operational) emissions and, by extension, somebody else’s problem. Yet, there are important nuances from company to company.