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FORMER SUSTAIN’ MAGAZINE EDITOR JOINS CHELGATE

Former editor of Sustain’ Magazine, Jim McClelland, has joined the London public relations and public affairs consultants, Chelgate, as a senior consultant. 

With over 20 years’ experience in magazine publishing, the majority of that time spent editing journals for the built environment and sustainability sectors, Jim will contribute to Chelgate’s specialist environment, renewable energy and built environment teams.

 

As well as founding and editing Sustain Magazine, Jim’s portfolio ranges from local newspapers, through regional and national periodicals and on to yearbooks and in-depth special reports. Freelance work has included articles authored specifically for blue-chip global organisations, or international markets via the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Jim recently had work featured in supplements for The Times, and has contributed to features in The Sunday Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. He has also been interviewed on TV and radio.

 

Jim has also chaired, presented or sat as a panellist at national and regional conferences, seminars and workshops on the environment and sustainability. He has also sat as a judge for numerous sustainability, design, construction and media awards schemes, on panels for the Environment Agency and City of London Corporation, and also acted as advisor to national conference and seminar programmes for organisations such as CIBSE and Ecobuild.

Terence Fane-Saunders, Chelgate chairman and chief executive, said: “Jim's knowledge and huge experience in sustainability and the built environment will represent an invaluable resource for Chelgate and our clients, and his expertise in publishing and editing will add additional value to what we do.

“Environmental issues already form an important part of our practice, and Jim's arrival will enhance an already strong specialist environment team which includes the deputy chairman of the Environment Council, and the chair and founder of the Tory Green Initiative.”

 

Jim McClelland is also a recognised authority in the areas of online social networking and microblogging: with over 4,000 Followers on Twitter, he is ranked in the UK Top 50 for several specialist subjects, including built environment, environment, sustainability and journalism. You can find him on Twitter as @SustMeme.