In its submission for renewal of its Royal Charter, the BBC pledged to generate £1.2 billion for new programming through BBC Worldwide.
In setting a numeric goal, Beijing has lined up with the European Union, which has pledged to generate 22percentt of its electricity, and 12percentt of all its energy, from renewable sources by 2010.
Nobuyuki Idei, the chairman, said the company has pledged to generate stronger profit margins by 2006 by blending the company's electronics with its movies, music and other entertainment divisions.
But the biggest difference is arguably that those two government parties have pledged to generate a surplus on the current budget by 2017-18.
He also pledged to generate enough solar electricity to power at least one light bulb in each household by 2019.
At the North American Leaders Summit on Wednesday, Mexico, Canada and the United States pledged to generate 50percentt of their energy from clean sources by 2025.
It now pledges to generate or source all electrical power for its 300+ operations in nearly 60 countries with 100% renewable energy -- such as wind, sun and landfill gas -- by 2050.
And despite pledging to generate clean energy jobs to replace them, and reaffirming her plan to invest $30 billion in protecting coal miners' benefits and pensions, one could argue she put her presidential aspirations on the line with this kind of realistic honesty.
The decision allows the British government to move ahead with plans to seek a buyer for all or part of the bank and make true on its pledge to voters to generate a profit on its investment.
Last week, the government pledged to get off oil and generate 60% of its electricity from renewable sources, such as wind and solar power, by 2025.
