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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

944 articles
psychosocial-risks

HR Business Partner in 60 Days: Psychosocial Risk Triage

A role-profile guide for HR business partners who need to turn psychosocial risk from a vague wellbeing concern into visible work-design evidence within 60 days.

9 min
risk-management

Procurement Manager in 90 Days: Contractor Safety Plan

A 90-day role plan for procurement managers to build contractor safety into scope, prequalification, bid evaluation, and field verification.

6 min
safety-leadership

New Maintenance Manager in 90 Days: What to Do in the First Quarter

A new maintenance manager can protect safety in the first quarter by stabilizing control ownership, backlog decisions, supervision routines, and risk escalation.

7 min
risk-management

Hazard Identification Explained: Sources, Triggers, and Control Links

Hazard identification is the discipline of finding credible sources of harm before risk assessment, control selection, and field verification begin.

5 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics

Metric Hygiene Explained: 4 Data Defects

Metric hygiene keeps safety dashboards credible by removing four data defects that make trends, comparisons, and executive decisions unreliable.

5 min
psychological-safety

How to Build a Speak-Up Follow-Up Loop in 30 Days

Build a speak-up follow-up loop that receives safety concerns, assigns ownership, verifies controls, and closes the signal with visible feedback.

9 min
occupational-safety

How to Build a Respirator Cartridge Change-Out Schedule in 30 Days

Build a respirator cartridge change-out schedule that uses SDS evidence, task exposure, cartridge limits, and supervisor checks before odor or irritation becomes the alarm.

8 min
mental-health-at-work

4 Myths About Fatigue Risk That Operations Managers Still Believe

Fatigue risk is not solved by sleep advice, coffee, or silence. Learn the four myths that keep managers from controlling alertness, workload, and recovery.

7 min
occupational-safety

How to Build a Hand Injury Prevention Plan in 30 Days

Build a hand injury prevention plan that maps danger zones, verifies controls, improves glove selection, and changes field supervision in 30 days.

8 min
psychosocial-risks

How to Build a Role Conflict Map in 21 Days

A practical 21-day guide for EHS and HR teams that need to expose role conflict, unclear authority, and psychosocial risk in the way work is assigned.

6 min