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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

Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice

ISBN 6500447182

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.

O Conselho de Segurança

Host of this Portuguese spin-off, with debates and guidance on safety leadership and culture.

Articles by this author

597 articles
psychosocial-risks

Psychosocial Risk Assessment: 7 Errors That Hide Workload Harm

Psychosocial risk assessment fails when leaders treat pressure as personal fragility instead of operational exposure. Use these seven errors to redesign controls.

8 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics

Leading Indicators: 7 Metrics TRIR Will Never Show

Low TRIR can hide serious-risk drift. Use these seven leading indicators to expose weak controls, silent reporting and dashboard blind spots.

7 min
mental-health-at-work

Mental Health at Work: 6 Awareness Month Traps

May campaigns fail when they stop at stigma messaging; this guide shows how supervisors and EHS leaders turn mental health into operational protection.

7 min
safety-leadership

New Safety Supervisor in 30 Days: 6 Decisions That Set the Culture

A 30-day field guide for new safety supervisors who need to set culture through serious-risk controls, daily briefings, contractor discipline and evidence.

6 min
incident-investigation

RCA: 7 Ways to Avoid the Operator Error Trap

Learn how EHS managers can run RCA after serious incidents without stopping at operator error, using evidence, barriers, and leadership decisions.

7 min
risk-management

Risk Matrix: 6 Failures That Hide Serious Risk

Learn six risk matrix failures that make serious exposure look acceptable, and how EHS leaders can correct the review before harm occurs in the field.

7 min
safety-culture

Safety Culture Diagnosis: 7 Signals Leaders Miss

Learn seven signals that reveal whether safety culture is only declared or truly operating across leaders, supervisors, contractors and risk controls.

8 min