Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice
ISBN 6500447182
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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
mental-health-at-work
Mental Health Metrics Explained: 4 Safe Measures for Leaders
Learn four workplace mental health measures that guide work-design decisions without diagnosing employees or exposing confidential health information.
5 min
risk-management
How to Run a Non-Routine Maintenance JHA in 10 Steps
A field-ready 10-step method helps supervisors and EHS managers analyze non-routine maintenance before work starts, assign control owners, and verify that the plan still matches the job.
7 min
safety-culture
How a Global Safety Transformation Portfolio Replaced Audit Completion With Decision Evidence
Across more than 250 cultural transformation projects, Andreza Araujo's work reveals a recurring shift: safety improves when leaders stop treating completed audits as proof of control and start demanding evidence that decisions changed the work. This case study explains the initial gap, the management decision, the execution pattern, the measurable scope, and the lessons an EHS leader can apply.
8 min
occupational-safety
Confined-Space Rescue Validation: Drill vs Alarm Test vs Full Simulation, Which Evidence Should a Plant Trust?
A confined-space rescue plan can look complete while the team, alarm path, or equipment remains untested. This comparison shows what a drill, an alarm test, and a full simulation can prove, where each method stops, and which sequence gives a plant leader defensible readiness evidence.
8 min
incident-investigation
Incident Investigation: 5 Decision Gaps That Turn a Timeline Into a Story
A precise timeline can still hide the decision that mattered. This F1 diagnostic shows five gaps that keep incident investigations chronological but not decision-ready.
8 min
safety-leadership
New Safety Communication Lead in 40 Days: Make Risk Messages Change Work
A new safety communication lead should not begin by producing more posters, emails, or campaign slogans. This 40-day role profile shows how to connect risk messages to decisions, authority, supervisor routines, and evidence that the work actually changed.
8 min
occupational-safety
Occupational Hygiene Explained: 4 Exposure Checks
Occupational hygiene turns workplace exposure into evidence for safer decisions. This guide explains four checks that help EHS teams keep hidden health risks visible.
5 min
incident-investigation
How to Reconstruct an Incident Decision Timeline in 48 Hours
A practical 8-step method helps supervisors and EHS managers preserve evidence, separate facts from assumptions, and assign corrective decisions after an incident.
5 min
safety-culture
Safety Posters During Operational Change: 5 Myths That Hide New Risk
Safety posters can reinforce a current control, but they cannot replace change review, supervisor conversation, or evidence that the work remains safe when conditions move.
6 min
occupational-safety
Excavation Safety: 5 Blind Spots That Turn a Compliant Trench Into a Fatal Exposure
A trench can satisfy a checklist and still expose workers to collapse, struck-by, engulfment, or rescue failure. This diagnostic examines five blind spots that supervisors, project managers, and EHS leaders must test before excavation work begins.
9 min