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
942 articles
mental-health-at-work
Return to Work After Mental-Health Absence: 7 Rules
A safe return to work after mental-health absence needs role clarity, workload control, supervisor discipline and early warning indicators.
7 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
DART Rate: 6 Distortions Leaders Must Fix
DART rate helps compare injury impact, but leaders must pair it with SIF potential, speak-up data, and corrective-action quality.
6 min
safe-behavior
Behavioral Observation: 7 BBS Failures to Fix
Behavioral observation fails when BBS counts cards instead of reducing exposure. See seven failures and how supervisors can fix them.
6 min
psychological-safety
Speak-up Metrics: 6 Signals Leaders Should Track
Speak-up metrics reveal whether people can question risk before harm occurs, giving EHS and plant leaders a sharper view than TRIR alone in daily work.
8 min
occupational-safety
LOTO Verification: 7 Checks Before Restart
LOTO verification only protects maintenance teams when every energy source, stored hazard, handover, and restart step is proven in the field.
6 min
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