Michael Lathuilliere

Michael Lathuilliere

Research and Development Team Lead

Trase

Michael leads Trase's Research and Development team and is a member of the Trase Management team. He is an ecohydrologist and water footprint specialist and works on developing supply chain maps in South America and product water footprints. Before joining Trase, he conducted research in Brazil and studied both water and carbon cycles in natural and agro-ecosystems. He holds a Ph.D in Resources, Environment and Sustainability from the University of British Columbia.

Insights by Michael Lathuilliere

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Trase brings greater transparency to global coffee supply chains

A new Trase dataset on global coffee supply chains provides our most detailed view yet of global coffee sourcing, linking countries of production with the export markets they supply. We identify the leading coffee trading companies and estimate where particular traders and markets source coffee from within key coffee-producing countries. The publicly accessible dataset supports government, business and civil society efforts to address the environmental and social impacts of the sector, such as deforestation and child labour.