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
440 articles 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.
safe-behavior
6 questions from Episode 14 with Michael Emery
Episode 14 with Michael Emery presents safety coaching as a questioning and listening discipline that changes behavior without turning EHS into policing.
psychosocial-risks
Role Clarity Matrix Explained: 4 Fields That Reduce Psychosocial Risk
A role clarity matrix separates ownership, authority, support, and escalation so HR, EHS, and operations can reduce ambiguity before it becomes psychosocial risk.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
How to Build a Weak-Signal Safety Dashboard in 30 Days
Build a 30-day weak-signal safety dashboard that reads reporting quality, control drift, supervisor escalation, and field evidence before injury rates look clean.
incident-investigation
8 questions from Episode 11 with Dr. Thomas Krause
Episode 11 with Dr. Thomas Krause changes incident investigation around leadership quality, deeper causes, trust, and field evidence.
occupational-safety
Eyewash Station Audit: 8 Steps Before Chemical Work
Eyewash station audits should prove workers can reach, activate, and use emergency flushing before chemical work exposes a weak control.
occupational-safety
How to Build a Lone Worker Rescue Drill in 30 Days
Build a 30-day lone worker rescue drill that tests check-ins, escalation, location data, supervisor decisions, and real response time before isolation turns into a fatal delay.
occupational-safety
How to Inspect Fixed Ladders Before Maintenance Access
Inspect fixed ladders before maintenance access by checking structure, rungs, side rails, fall protection, landings, tool handling, defects, and release evidence.
occupational-safety
Right to Refuse Unsafe Work: Farmington Case
The Farmington disaster shows why the right to refuse unsafe work only protects people when law, supervision, and reporting channels make refusal usable.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Near-Miss Quality vs Stop-Work Use vs Observation Depth: Which Leading Indicator Fits
Compare near-miss quality, stop-work use, and observation depth so EHS managers choose leading indicators that change decisions before harm.
