<div>UPDATE 2-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=YQEc2u0oyj8:NW0fGG1GxOo: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=YQEc2u0oyj8:NW0fGG1GxOo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=YQEc2u0oyj8:NW0fGG1GxOo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=YQEc2u0oyj8:NW0fGG1GxOo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=YQEc2u0oyj8:NW0fGG1GxOo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/YQEc2u0oyj8" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters