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
1020 articles
safety-indicators-and-metrics
DART Rate Explained: 4 Questions That Keep Absence Data From Misleading Leaders
DART rate is useful when leaders understand what it counts, what it leaves out, and which operational decision should follow. This explainer defines the rate, separates recordable severity from changing exposure, and gives EHS leaders four questions for reading the number without mistaking it for proof that risk is under control.
5 min
safety-leadership
How to Build a High-Performance Safety Team in 30 Days
A practical 30-day method helps EHS leaders turn a reactive safety team into a focused operating partner with clear decisions, field presence, and measurable follow-through.
8 min
incident-investigation
Bhopal: How an Emergency Plan Became a Fatality Pathway
The Bhopal gas disaster was not only a chemical release. It was a governance failure in which warning evidence, degraded barriers, unclear authority, and emergency readiness failed to change the operating decision before exposure became harm.
7 min
risk-management
Management of Change vs Pre-Startup Review vs Field Verification: 4 Decision Points for Temporary Equipment
Temporary equipment creates a recurring safety decision that many plants treat as paperwork. This comparison explains when management of change, pre-startup review, or field verification should lead the response, and why the strongest control is often a sequence rather than a single form.
9 min
safety-leadership
Critical-Risk Delegation: 4 Traps That Leave the Final Decision Unowned
Critical-risk delegation is not complete when a task has a name beside it. It is complete when one person has the authority, evidence, and escalation path to decide whether work starts, continues, changes, or stops.
7 min
safety-culture
New Safety Committee Chair in 60 Days: Turn Worker Concerns Into Risk Decisions
A new safety committee chair can either manage meetings or strengthen how an organization turns worker concerns into risk decisions. This 60-day role profile shows how to map influence, clarify concerns, build a decision rhythm, verify actions in the field, and escalate unresolved exposure.
8 min
occupational-safety
Safety Function Explained: 4 Proofs That a Critical Barrier Can Be Trusted
A safety function exists to detect a dangerous condition, trigger a protective response, and reduce exposure before harm occurs. This explainer separates the function from the device that performs it and gives leaders four proof points for checking whether a critical barrier is available, effective, timely, and maintained under real operating conditions.
7 min
occupational-safety
LOTO Verification: How to Audit Isolation Before Maintenance
A field-ready LOTO audit helps supervisors confirm that energy isolation matches the job, the equipment, and the people exposed before maintenance begins.
6 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Leading Safety Indicators: 5 Myths That Make Prevention Look Measurable
Leading safety indicators do not become useful because they happen before an incident. They become useful when they test whether a critical control, decision, or exposure actually changed.
5 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Dashboards: 6 Blind Spots That Make Risk Look Under Control
A safety dashboard is only decision-ready when its measures reveal changing exposure, control reliability, and delayed action. Six blind spots often make executive safety data look healthier than the work itself.
7 min