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
598 articles
risk-management
Pre-Mortem Safety Review: 7 Questions Before High-Risk Work Starts
A pre-mortem safety review helps EHS managers expose weak controls, hidden assumptions, and decision gaps before high-risk work begins.
8 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Corrective Action Closure: 7 Metrics That Prove Risk Changed
Corrective action closure proves little unless EHS can show that controls changed, exposure fell, and leaders verified the result in the field.
7 min
safe-behavior
Safety Conversations: 7 Scripts That Change Behavior
Safety conversations change behavior only when supervisors discuss risk, pressure, and controls without turning observation into blame.
7 min
mental-health-at-work
Post-Traumatic Stress: 7 Controls After Critical Incidents
Post-traumatic stress in emergency responders needs work-design controls before debriefing becomes the only answer after critical incidents.
6 min
safety-leadership
Safety Accountability: 7 Questions Before Blaming the Frontline
Safety accountability fails when leaders use it as a word for frontline blame instead of testing whether authority, controls, and pressure were aligned.
7 min
safety-leadership
EHS Firefighter Role: 7 Traps That Burn Out Teams
The EHS firefighter role looks useful in a crisis, but it hides weak ownership, late escalation, and leadership systems that keep risk alive.
7 min
safety-culture
Procurement Safety: 7 Clauses That Change Risk
Procurement safety changes contractor risk before mobilization by making supervision, stop-work rights and reporting part of the commercial model.
7 min
risk-management
Residual Risk Acceptance: 7 Decisions Before Sign-Off
Residual risk acceptance should prove control strength, decision authority, expiry, and escalation before leaders allow exposure to continue.
7 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Executive Safety Dashboard: 7 Metrics the Board Should See Monthly
An executive safety dashboard should move beyond TRIR and show whether serious exposure, control weakness, reporting trust, and leadership action are changing.
8 min
incident-investigation
ICAM Investigation: 7 Controls Before Causes
ICAM investigation works when EHS teams validate failed defenses before naming causes, so corrective actions change work rather than paperwork.
6 min