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
1023 articles
risk-management
Risk Register Explained: 4 Signals That Reveal a Stale Risk Picture
A risk register is useful only when it reflects current exposure, ownership, controls, and decisions. Learn four signals that reveal when the picture is stale.
4 min
occupational-safety
How to Verify a Temporary Work Platform Before Use in 8 Checks
A field procedure for checking temporary work platforms before access, with practical evidence for stability, edge protection, access, load, weather, and ownership.
6 min
safety-leadership
Unilever EHS Case: 5 Handoffs That Kept 19 Countries Aligned
The Unilever LATAM case shows how five governance handoffs can keep safety intent, local ownership, escalation, and field evidence connected across 19 countries.
8 min
occupational-safety
Tabletop vs Functional vs Full-Scale Emergency Exercises: Which Test Exposes Response Gaps?
Tabletop, functional, and full-scale emergency exercises test different kinds of readiness. This comparison shows which format fits decisions, response functions, and physical execution.
7 min
occupational-safety
Barrier Verification: 6 Distortions That Hide Weak Controls
Barrier verification fails when paperwork is treated as proof, so leaders need six tests that expose whether critical controls work under real operating pressure.
7 min
psychosocial-risks
New Psychosocial Risk Lead in 90 Days: What to Establish Before the First Survey
A practical 90-day role profile for a new psychosocial risk lead who must turn workload, work design, and employee voice into management decisions before a survey becomes a report with no owner.
7 min
safety-leadership
Safety Ownership Explained: 4 Boundaries Between Accountability and Blame
Safety ownership means having the authority, resources, and follow-up needed to change a risk, not simply being named beside it. This explainer separates four boundaries that keep accountability useful without turning it into blame.
3 min
psychosocial-risks
How to Screen Change Fatigue Before a Major Operational Change in 10 Questions
Change fatigue is not resistance that leaders can solve with another presentation. This ten-question screen helps operations, HR, and EHS identify accumulated change load before a new project creates overload, role conflict, or unsafe workarounds.
6 min
mental-health-at-work
3 Myths About Workplace Mental Health Programs That Operations Leaders Still Believe
Workplace mental health programs become useful when operations leaders treat them as part of work design, manager capability, and occupational health rather than as a standalone awareness campaign or EAP benefit.
5 min
safe-behavior
Risk Perception Training: 5 Distortions That Keep Visual Campaigns From Changing Behavior
Risk perception training fails when people can repeat the message but cannot recognize changing exposure in the work. This F1 diagnostic shows five distortions that turn visual campaigns into decoration and gives supervisors a field method for testing whether perception changed.
7 min