John Ruggie characterized the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles as the “end of beginning.” His January 2014 briefing concludes that international legal developments in business and human rights are not out of reach, and that the Human Rights Council should start “to gain greater clarity on the key questions that any future legal instrument might address.” If we are to see wide-scale reductions in instances of human rights abuses as a result of business activities, it is important to make progress in parallel both on implementation of the Guiding Principles, and in discussions on a binding international instrument, building on efforts to date.