Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice
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Andreza Araújo
Safety Culture Expert | Senior EHS Executive
Andreza Araújo is a safety culture expert and senior EHS executive with more than 25 years of experience in environment, health and safety. She is a Civil Engineer and Occupational Safety Engineer from Unicamp, holds a Master's degree in Environmental Diplomacy from the University of Geneva, and completed sustainability studies at IMD Switzerland.
Andreza has served in Global Head of EHS roles in Fortune 500 environments, leading cultural transformation programs across multinational operations. She has represented Brazil as a speaker at the United Nations in Paris and has spoken at the International Labour Organization in Turin.
She is the author of more than 16 books on safety culture in Portuguese, Spanish, English and German. Her work has earned more than 10 EHS awards, including two recognitions from Indra Nooyi, former PepsiCo CEO.
Formal credentials
- Civil & Safety Engineer (Unicamp)
- M.A. Environmental Diplomacy (University of Geneva)
- Sustainability Cert (IMD Switzerland)
- People Management & Coaching (Ohio University)
- UN Paris speaker representative for Brazil
- ILO Turin speaker
- LinkedIn Top Voice
- Indra Nooyi PepsiCo CEO recognition (2x)
Selected books
Cultura de Segurança
Andreza Araújo
Liderança Antifrágil
Andreza Araújo
A Ilusão da Conformidade
Andreza Araújo
Sorte ou Capacidade
Andreza Araújo
Muito Além do Zero
Andreza Araújo
Antifragile Leadership
Andreza Araújo
Podcasts she hosts
Headline Podcast in English
Host and editorial lead of the English-language podcast, with conversations on safety leadership, EHS and organizational culture.
Headline Podcast in Portuguese
Host of the Portuguese-language podcast, with interviews and conversations on safety culture and EHS.
O Conselho de Segurança
Host of this Portuguese spin-off, with debates and guidance on safety leadership and culture.
Articles by this author
600 articles occupational-safety
How to Set Up a Temporary Pedestrian Route for Night Maintenance in 15 Minutes
Set up a temporary pedestrian route for night maintenance by mapping the footprint, separating crossings, assigning ownership, and verifying the path in the field.
safety-leadership
How leaders changed bad-news follow-up after a 50% accident cut
A safety leadership case study on how bad-news follow-up, owner clarity, and field verification helped a PepsiCo South America operation cut accident ratio 50% in six months.
occupational-safety
SDS vs GHS Labels vs Workplace Labels: Which Fits the Field
Compare SDS, GHS labels, and workplace labels so leaders choose the right chemical communication layer for source control, point-of-use warning, and local translation.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Metrics: 5 Blind Spots That Make Boards Misread the Signal
Boards misread safety metrics when the denominator, latency, owner, and field proof no longer match the exposure they are meant to govern.
psychosocial-risks
How Cam Stevens Thinks About Tech Raising Psychosocial Risk
Episode 15 with Cam Stevens shows why safety tech becomes useful only when it reduces psychosocial pressure, clarifies ownership and changes a real decision.
safety-culture
Compliance Theater Explained: 4 Signs Your Audit Is Measuring Performance, Not Protection
Compliance theater is what happens when a site can prove paperwork faster than it can prove field control, which leaves leaders with a polished file and an untested barrier.
safety-leadership
How to Run a Decision-Rights Check Before High-Risk Work Starts
Run a short field check that makes stop, restart, escalation, and acceptance rights visible before the crew starts high-risk work.
safety-leadership
How Dr. Thomas Krause Thinks About Leadership Quality Under Pressure
Episode 11 shows why leadership quality, not polished reporting, determines what an investigation can see and change.
risk-management
Risk Criteria: 5 Blind Spots Boards Miss
Risk criteria only work when they test consequence, control health, authority, time horizon, and local context before leaders accept exposure.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Metric Freshness Explained: 4 Questions Boards Ask Too Late
Safety metric freshness shows whether a number still has enough life left to change a decision before the control window closes.
