Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice
ISBN 6500447182
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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
438 articles occupational-safety
Exposure Monitoring vs Medical Surveillance vs Control Verification: Which Occupational Health Signal Fits
Compare exposure monitoring, medical surveillance, and control verification so EHS leaders know which occupational health signal should drive action.
risk-management
MOC vs PSSR vs Field Verification: Which Change-Control Check Fits
Compare MOC, PSSR, and field verification so operations and EHS leaders can choose the right control check before changed work restarts.
risk-management
Known Hazards: 5 Failures That Keep Risk Alive
Known hazards stay dangerous when leaders confuse detection with action, especially after ownership, deadlines, and field verification go soft.
occupational-safety
Permit Revalidation at Shift Change: 5 Checks That Protect LOTO Control
A diagnostic longform for EHS and operations leaders on why permit revalidation at shift change fails when it becomes signature transfer instead of field verification.
mental-health-at-work
Presenteeism in High-Risk Work: 5 Signals Leaders Misread
A critical diagnostic on presenteeism in high-risk work, showing why apparent commitment can hide fatigue, fear, weak staffing, and serious exposure.
risk-management
Project Engineer in 60 Days: First Design Risk Moves
A role-profile guide for project engineers who need to move safety upstream through design risk review, procurement questions, field walkdowns, and control verification before construction starts.
risk-management
Maintenance Planner in 60 Days: Shutdown Risk Control Plan
A role-profile guide for maintenance planners who need to turn shutdown scope, contractor work, energy isolation, dropped objects, and field verification into a practical 60-day risk-control plan.
occupational-safety
Warehouse Operations Manager in 45 Days: First Traffic Safety Moves
A role-profile guide for new warehouse operations managers on the first 45 days of traffic safety, including flow mapping, supervisor cadence, contractor interfaces, and escalation rules.
risk-management
Dynamic Risk Assessment Explained: Field Triggers
Dynamic risk assessment turns changing field conditions into explicit decisions so crews can continue, pause, escalate, or stop work with authority.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Metric Ownership Explained: 4 Decision Roles
A quick explainer for EHS managers on the four decision roles behind safety metric ownership: data owner, control owner, response owner, and executive sponsor.
