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
1022 articles
safe-behavior
Safety Training Completion: 4 Assumptions That Hide Competence Gaps
A completed safety course proves that a person passed through a learning event. It does not prove that the person can recognize changing exposure, select the right control, or stop work when the plan no longer fits. This article examines four assumptions that make training dashboards look stronger than field competence and gives supervisors a practical way to test the difference.
6 min
safety-leadership
Board Safety Oversight: 6 Decisions That Keep Serious Risk Visible Before the Monthly Dashboard
A board can receive a clean safety dashboard while critical exposure remains unresolved. These six decisions connect executive oversight to control evidence, escalation authority, and field reality before monthly reporting creates false confidence.
7 min
risk-management
Risk Appetite Explained: 4 Decision Tests for Operational Safety
Risk appetite becomes actionable when leaders translate it into four decision tests for stopping work, governing temporary controls, escalating uncertainty, and funding stronger protection.
4 min
incident-investigation
Incident Evidence Handoff: How to Secure It in 30 Minutes
A practical 8-step method for transferring incident evidence without losing facts, ownership, or the questions needed for a defensible investigation.
7 min
safe-behavior
How Global Safety Work Changed the First Conversation at the Point of Work
Across more than 250 cultural transformation projects in over 30 countries, Andreza Araujo has seen a recurring difference between safety coaching that improves the work and coaching that merely corrects a person. This case-based article follows how the first conversation at the point of work became a test of control quality, supervisor judgment, and organizational learning.
5 min
mental-health-at-work
EAP vs Manager Conversation vs Work Redesign: Which Response Fits a Workplace Mental-Health Signal?
Compare an EAP, a manager conversation, and work redesign so leaders can match a workplace mental-health response to the condition employees are actually experiencing.
8 min
incident-investigation
New Incident Review Chair in 45 Days: A Decision-Ownership Plan
A new incident review chair can improve repeat-event prevention in 45 days by protecting evidence quality, decision ownership, and field verification.
7 min
psychological-safety
Crew Resource Management Explained: 4 Communication Routines for Safer Decisions
Crew Resource Management turns speaking up, closed-loop communication, and disciplined handovers into practical safety controls for teams working under pressure.
4 min
safety-leadership
High-Performance EHS Team: Build One Without Firefighting
Build a high-performance EHS team by clarifying decisions, field ownership, escalation, and evidence so safety work stops depending on heroic availability.
9 min
occupational-safety
Chemical Labels: 4 Myths That Make Hazard Communication Look Complete
A chemical label is not a risk assessment, a substitute for an SDS, or proof that workers understand the exposure. These four myths show where hazard communication fails after the label is printed, and what plant supervisors can verify at the point of use.
7 min