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
635 articles occupational-safety
Control of Work Explained: 4 Layers That Keep Permits Real
Control of work is the operating system that decides who may start, continue, stop, or restart a task when the field changes under pressure.
psychosocial-risks
How to Audit Psychosocial Risk on a Construction Site in 8 Steps
A field guide for construction leaders who need to spot workload pressure, role ambiguity, silence, and conflict before psychosocial risk turns into harm.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
How to Run a Control-Health Review in 8 Checks Before the Board Meeting
A board-level routine that separates outcome rates from control proof, so leaders can see whether safety barriers are still fresh before the next meeting.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
How a Metric Reset Made a 50% Accident Drop Credible in Six Months
The PepsiCo South America case shows that a 50% accident drop is only credible when reporting quality, denominators, and field verification stay honest.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Action Closure Rate vs Recurrence Rate vs Verification Pass Rate: Which Safety Metric Fits?
Action closure rate, recurrence rate, and verification pass rate answer different safety leadership questions. Use each metric for the decision it actually supports.
incident-investigation
Incident Investigation: 5 mistakes that let memory outrun evidence
A field guide for investigators and supervisors who need to lock evidence order before the first interview turns uncertainty into a clean but weak story.
safety-culture
How Michael Emery Thinks About Coaching as a Safety Skill
A Headline Podcast episode companion on Michael Emery's coaching lesson: ask better questions, listen for the work, and turn field objections into safer decisions.
safety-culture
Hudson maturity model explained: 5 stages leaders should not confuse
The Hudson maturity model helps leaders read whether safety culture is still reactive, dependent, calculative, proactive, or generative. The model only matters when field evidence confirms the stage.
occupational-safety
How to Run a Permit Revalidation at Shift Change in 6 Steps
A shift-change permit revalidation keeps continuation decisions tied to field conditions, control ownership and authority, not to a stale form.
psychosocial-risks
How Cam Stevens Thinks About Technology-Driven Psychosocial Risk
Cam Stevens shows that technology becomes useful only when leaders define the problem, assign ownership, and verify that the field actually changed.
