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
1020 articles
incident-investigation
San Bruno and the Leadership Test Hidden in Pipeline Records
The 2010 San Bruno pipeline rupture was not only a technical failure. The NTSB investigation showed how uncertain records, weak validation, and leadership decisions about risk can combine until a serious hazard becomes an irreversible event.
7 min
incident-investigation
TapRooT vs ICAM vs Bow-Tie Reverse Analysis: Which Investigation Method Fits a Serious-Injury Exposure?
TapRooT, ICAM, and Bow-Tie Reverse Analysis answer different investigation questions. This comparison helps plant leaders choose the method that best matches task failure, organizational complexity, or critical-barrier verification.
9 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Leading Safety Indicators: 6 Signals That Reward Activity Instead of Control
A leading safety indicator is useful only when it shows whether a critical control is present, usable, and effective under operating pressure. Six common signals can reward paperwork, attendance, and closure speed while leaving serious exposure unchanged.
8 min
occupational-safety
New Contractor Safety Owner in 45 Days: Close Interface Risk
A 45-day role profile for contractor safety owners to clarify interfaces, verify critical controls, and close procurement, mobilization, and handover gaps before work begins.
6 min
occupational-safety
Collective Protective Measures Explained: 4 Control Choices Before PPE
Collective protective measures reduce exposure for several people through design, isolation, guarding, or engineered separation. This explainer defines four control choices and shows supervisors how to verify that they work before PPE becomes the main defense.
5 min
psychosocial-risks
How to Build a Psychosocial Risk Action Plan for a Shift Team in 30 Days
A practical 30-day guide for supervisors, HR partners, and EHS leaders who need to turn psychosocial risk signals into specific work-design decisions, worker follow-up, and evidence that conditions changed.
6 min
occupational-safety
Emergency Drills: 4 False Beliefs That Make Response Readiness Look Complete
A completed emergency drill is not proof that a site can control a real event. These four false beliefs expose the difference between rehearsing a plan and testing the decisions, resources, and control reliability that protect people under pressure.
6 min
incident-investigation
Incident Investigation: 4 Assumptions That Weaken Action
Incident reports fail when they explain the last action but leave the operating conditions unchanged. Test four assumptions before approving corrective action.
6 min
mental-health-at-work
Employee Assistance Programs Explained: 4 Boundaries That Keep Support From Replacing Prevention
An Employee Assistance Program can improve access to support, but it cannot replace prevention. This explainer separates four boundaries managers need to keep clear.
5 min
occupational-safety
How to Run a Confined-Space Rescue Readiness Review Before Entry
A confined-space entry is not ready when the permit is complete. It is ready when the rescue team, equipment, route, communications, and decision authority have been tested against the actual space.
7 min