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
420 articles mental-health-at-work
How to Build a Mental Health Return-to-Work Plan in 21 Days
A practical return-to-work plan for mental health-related absence, with privacy boundaries, work-demand mapping, manager scripts, escalation rules and 21-day reviews.
safety-leadership
19-Country EHS Governance: How LATAM Leadership Kept Safety Coherent
A 19-country EHS governance case from Andreza Araujo's Unilever LATAM tenure shows how safety leadership stays coherent without flattening local reality.
risk-management
Critical Control Register vs Risk Register vs Bow-Tie
Compare critical control registers, risk registers, and bow-tie models so EHS managers choose the right tool for fatal-risk governance.
occupational-safety
Procedure Usability: 9 Gaps That Turn Rules Into Risk
Safety procedures fail when workers cannot use them under pressure. See 9 usability gaps that turn written rules into operational risk.
safety-leadership
Safety Trainer in 60 Days: Competency Plan
A 60-day role profile for new safety trainers who need to turn classes, toolbox talks, and field checks into measurable competence.
incident-investigation
Latent Failures Explained: 4 Conditions Behind Incidents
Latent failures are hidden organizational conditions that shape incident outcomes before the worker makes the last visible error during high-risk work.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
How to Build a Corrective Action Aging Dashboard in 30 Days
A practical 30-day guide for EHS managers who need to expose corrective action aging, risk priority, weak ownership and overdue safety decisions.
occupational-safety
Hearing Conservation: 4 Myths Supervisors Still Believe
Hearing conservation fails when supervisors treat noise exposure as an earplug issue instead of a measured dose, control, and culture problem.
occupational-safety
Hot Work Permit Setup in 20 Minutes
A practical hot work permit guide for supervisors who need field verification, fire watch control, restart rules, and closeout discipline.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
How to Build a Safety Metric Dictionary in 30 Days
A practical 30-day guide for EHS managers who need a safety metric dictionary with clear definitions, owners, formulas, limits and dashboard rules.
