<div>UPDATE 1-Italy's UniCredit to exit thermal coal financing by 2023</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Italian bank UniCredit has pledged to halt all lending for thermal coal projects by 2023, joining a growing band of financial companies striving to improve their green credentials.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=pzZtaaF-d1A:Soo_0klT8DA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=pzZtaaF-d1A:Soo_0klT8DA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=pzZtaaF-d1A:Soo_0klT8DA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=pzZtaaF-d1A:Soo_0klT8DA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=pzZtaaF-d1A:Soo_0klT8DA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/pzZtaaF-d1A" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters