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
439 articles risk-management
Temporary Risk Waivers: 6 Cracks That Keep Serious Exposure Alive
Temporary risk waivers can help operations make controlled short-term decisions, but they become dangerous when leaders treat them as permission to keep exposure alive without expiry, ownership, or verification.
occupational-safety
Contractor Safety Coordinator in 45 Days: First Interface Moves
A 45-day role plan for contractor safety coordinators who must control interface risk, mobilization gaps, and stop-work authority.
safety-culture
Coaching Culture Explained: 4 Field Markers
Coaching culture means workers experience EHS as a practical partner, not a compliance police function that appears only after failure.
incident-investigation
How to Build a Serious-Incident Interview Plan in 24 Hours
Build a 24-hour serious-incident interview plan that protects witness memory, evidence quality, trust and RCA readiness after a major event.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Dashboard Latency: 9 Distortions That Delay Executive Action
Safety dashboard latency occurs when executives see risk after the control window has already closed. The issue is not only slow reporting, but delayed judgment, weak escalation, and metrics that arrive too late to change work.
psychosocial-risks
How to Run a Psychosocial Risk Review Before a Shift Schedule Change
A practical F2 guide for reviewing psychosocial risk before shift schedule changes, with steps for recovery, support, consultation, controls, and launch verification.
occupational-safety
How to Build a Dropped Objects Prevention Plan Before Maintenance Shutdowns
A shutdown dropped objects plan works when supervisors control overhead work, tool transfer, exclusion zones, inspections, and field verification before the first task starts.
incident-investigation
How Challenger Exposed a Launch Decision Failure
A Headline case study on why the Challenger launch decision still matters for safety leaders who receive bad news too late or with too little authority.
safe-behavior
Peer Check vs Stop Work vs Pre-Task Briefing: Which Behavior Control Fits
Peer check, stop work, and pre-task briefing protect different moments in high-risk work. The decision matters because each control fails in a different way.
occupational-safety
Heat Stress Plan Failures: 6 Gaps That Expose New Workers
Heat stress plans fail when they treat acclimatization as a policy line instead of a supervised control for new, returning, temporary, and transferred workers.
