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
1079 articles risk-management
Protective Technology: 4 Blind Spots in Risk Competence
Protective technology can reduce exposure while weakening risk competence, especially when alarms replace field observation, ownership, and control verification.
risk-management
How Rodney Rocha Thinks About the Burden of Proof in Risk Decisions
Rodney Rocha's Episode 7 conversation reframes risk decisions around the burden of proof. When leaders ask teams to prove that work is unsafe, uncertainty favors continuation. A safer decision system asks what must be true before work proceeds and who owns that evidence.
occupational-safety
Safety Data Sheet Explained: 4 Sections That Change a Chemical Work Decision
A Safety Data Sheet is useful only when its hazard information changes a real work decision. This explainer shows supervisors where to look and what to verify.
safety-culture
How COVID Safety-Culture Lessons Think About Rebuilding Trust After Disruption
The COVID safety-culture conversation changes recovery from a campaign into an operating test, where leaders rebuild trust through dependable decisions, clear ownership, and visible follow-through.
safety-culture
Safety Culture: 3 Tradeoffs That Reveal Whether Leaders Reward Control or Completion
A safety culture is revealed by the tradeoffs leaders make when control, schedule, convenience, and honest challenge compete. This F1 diagnostic explains three decisions that show what the organization truly rewards.
risk-management
Safety Constraints Explained: 4 Boundaries That Change the Work Plan
Safety constraints define the conditions that should change a work plan. This glossary separates four types from hazards, controls, and escalation rules.
occupational-safety
How to Run a Line-of-Fire Review Before Maintenance Starts in 8 Steps
Use an eight-step line-of-fire review to map release paths, verify maintenance controls, assign ownership, and stop work when protection is not available.
incident-investigation
Seveso: How One Chemical Release Reset Major-Hazard Governance
The 1976 Seveso chemical release shows why major-hazard responsibility cannot stop at the facility boundary. This case study follows the governance reset that connected process safety, emergency planning, land use, public information, and executive ownership.
risk-management
Task Criticality vs Risk-Based Maintenance vs Inspection Strategy: Which Decision Should Govern Overdue Work?
Overdue maintenance should not be prioritized by age alone. This comparison shows when task criticality, risk-based maintenance, or inspection strategy should govern the next decision, the accountable owner, and the evidence required before work is deferred.
risk-management
Risk Perception: 5 Distortions That Hide Familiar Hazards
Familiar work can make serious exposure look ordinary. This diagnostic explains five risk-perception distortions and shows leaders how to convert recognition into stronger field decisions.
