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
1024 articles
risk-management
Contractor Safety: 4 Procurement Decisions That Change Risk
Contractor safety improves before mobilization when procurement defines the exposure, tests control capability, and sets decision rights before work begins.
8 min
occupational-safety
PSSR Explained: 4 Startup Tests Before New Work Goes Live
A pre-startup safety review is a decision gate, not a final paperwork check. This explainer shows the four tests that prove new or changed work is ready to operate.
4 min
incident-investigation
How to Close an Incident Investigation Without Losing the Decision Trail
A practical guide for investigators, EHS leaders, and operations managers who need incident closeout to produce owned decisions, verified controls, and changed work.
6 min
safety-culture
Safety Culture Transformation: What 250+ Projects Reveal
A portfolio view of safety culture transformation shows why ownership appears only when leaders change the decisions, escalation paths, and evidence they review.
7 min
safety-leadership
Safety Review Board vs Executive Dashboard vs Field Verification: Which Signal Should a C-Suite Trust?
A practical comparison of three safety-governance signals, showing when senior leaders should use a review board, an executive dashboard, or field verification to make risk visible.
7 min
safety-leadership
Risk Escalation: 4 Distortions That Keep Leaders Blind
Risk escalation fails when leaders receive clean updates instead of usable evidence. These four distortions show how weak signals disappear before action is taken.
6 min
incident-investigation
New Incident Investigator in 60 Days: Build Evidence
A practical 60-day roadmap for new incident investigators to protect evidence, test failed controls, and turn findings into decisions that hold under pressure.
7 min
risk-management
Decision Log Explained: 4 Fields That Keep Safety Decisions Traceable
A safety decision log turns material risk choices into inspectable evidence by recording the question, facts, authority, action, and review trigger.
3 min
mental-health-at-work
How to Screen Overtime Fatigue Risk in 21 Days
A practical 21-day method helps EHS and operations leaders screen overtime changes against recovery time, high-consequence work, and real decision rights.
6 min
incident-investigation
5 Corrective-Action Myths Investigators Still Believe
Corrective actions do not reduce risk simply because they are assigned, documented, or closed. This article explains five investigation myths that make paperwork look like prevention, then shows how to verify whether a barrier changed in the work.
6 min