The 2030 Agenda as expressed in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals embodies the spirit and purpose of the Decent Work Agenda and its central role in advancing human-centred development and social justice. The strategic objectives of decent work – employment, social protection, rights and standards, and social dialogue – are reflected in many of the SDGs’ 169 targets, most notably those of SDGs 1, 3, 4, 5, 8,10, 12 and 16. Together, the SDG goals and targets framed an integrated global agenda to advance social justice and sustainable development in tandem in recognition of their strong interdependence and potential synergy. SDG 8 is the goal that captures this interdependence and synergy best by explicitly addressing the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. It encourages countries to pursue interrelated strategies that feed a cumulative dynamic process – a positive SDG 8 “policy spiral” which the ILO described in its 2019 report Time to Act for SDG 8: Integrating Decent Work, Sustained Growth and Environmental Integrity. The 2030 Agenda calls for both action from member States and renewed multilateral cooperation to achieve such balanced socio-economic progress in solidarity and with mutual responsibilities, so that no one is left behind. In this respect, it is useful to recall a principle stated in the Preamble of the ILO’s founding Constitution: “the failure of any nation to adopt humane conditions of labour is an obstacle in the way of other nations which desire to improve the conditions in their own countries”.