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
600 articles
mental-health-at-work
Workplace Mental Health Escalation Protocol in 30 Days
A step-by-step protocol for supervisors, HR, EHS, and occupational health to escalate workplace mental health concerns safely.
8 min
risk-management
Unilever EHS Governance: How 19 Countries Aligned Risk
A risk-management case study on how Andreza Araujo's 19-country Unilever scope shows why governance fails when local risk languages drift under pressure.
6 min
occupational-safety
Dock Safety Case: How 60+ Sites Made Risk Visible
A Unilever LATAM dock safety case shows how 60+ distribution centers made vehicle, contractor, and pedestrian risk visible for EHS leaders now.
6 min
risk-management
MOC vs PTW vs PSSR: Which Control Fits Operational Change
Compare management of change, permit to work, and pre-startup safety review so leaders choose the right control for engineering, maintenance, and restart risk.
8 min
incident-investigation
Photos vs Witness Statements vs Equipment Logs: Which Evidence Carries RCA
RCA quality improves when investigators stop asking one evidence source to prove everything and instead match photos, witness statements and equipment logs to the decision each source can support.
8 min
safety-leadership
Safety Budget Cuts: 8 Questions That Expose Risk
A diagnostic guide for leaders deciding whether a safety budget cut is true efficiency or silent risk transfer to supervisors, contractors, and frontline work.
7 min
occupational-safety
Combustible Dust: 8 Traps That Turn Dust Into Fuel
Combustible dust housekeeping fails when leaders treat dust as dirt instead of fuel, separating cleaning from maintenance, defects, and escalation.
8 min
psychosocial-risks
Psychosocial Risk Ownership: 5 Failures That Split Control
A diagnostic article for leaders who need to stop splitting psychosocial risk between HR, EHS and operations while exposure stays in work design.
7 min
incident-investigation
Incident Investigator in 30 Days: First RCA Plan
A 30-day role plan for new incident investigators who need to protect evidence, build timelines, test causal factors, and avoid shallow RCA closure.
7 min
mental-health-at-work
Operations Manager in 60 Days: Fatigue Risk Control Plan
A practical F6 role plan for operations managers who inherit fatigue exposure and need to turn it into a visible safety-control routine within 60 days.
8 min