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
437 articles occupational-safety
How to Build a Lone Worker Escalation Protocol in 30 Days
A practical 30-day protocol for EHS managers who need lone worker escalation to work before missed check-ins become emergencies.
safe-behavior
Procedure Exception Case: 4 Signals Supervisors Can Coach
A safe-behavior case from 250+ transformation projects shows how supervisors can turn procedure exceptions into coaching evidence before shortcuts normalize.
occupational-safety
Scaffold vs MEWP vs Rope Access: Which Method Fits Work at Height?
Compare scaffold, MEWP, and rope access for work at height by exposure duration, work surface, rescue, dropped objects, SIMOPS, and change control.
occupational-safety
Stored Energy Release: 6 Pathways That Defeat Maintenance Permits
Stored energy release often defeats maintenance permits when isolation proof, release boundaries, and restart authority are weaker than the task sequence.
safety-culture
How Clive Lloyd Thinks About Safety Culture Trust
Episode 12 with Clive Lloyd reframes safety culture trust as an operational control: leaders earn truth through care, integrity, and competence.
risk-management
Control Hold Point Explained: When Work Must Stop
A control hold point defines the field condition that stops work until a critical control is proven, corrected, or escalated by the right role.
occupational-safety
How to Build a Temporary Lighting Safety Inspection Routine in 30 Days
A practical 30-day routine for supervisors who need temporary lighting to control night work, shutdown access, electrical exposure, and task visibility.
mental-health-at-work
5 checks from Episode 10 with Tim Page-Bottorff
Tim Page-Bottorff turns burnout, storytelling, root-cause language, and post-pressure silence into five practical checks for senior EHS leaders.
incident-investigation
How to Distribute an Incident Learning Brief in 10 Days
Distribute an incident learning brief by mapping who can repeat the risk pattern, translating the lesson for supervisors, and verifying field behavior.
occupational-safety
How to Audit Job Rotation for Ergonomic Risk in 14 Days
Audit job rotation for ergonomic risk by mapping body demand, testing exposure contrast, checking recovery time, and verifying the new sequence during real work.
