Edelman has emerged as the most nominated agency at the 2026 Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards, securing 23 nominations across categories and leading the region's public relations industry recognition programme.The agency topped this year's shortlist ahead of Burson and The Hoffman Agency, which received 12 nominations each, while Ogilvy secured 11. Weber Shandwick followed with nine nominations, while First Partners and MSL earned eight nominations apiece.Adfactors, Finn Partners and WE Communications, including Avian WE in India, received seven nominations each. Sandpiper, Teamwork Communications Group and Archetype secured six nominations.In total, 275 campaigns made this year's shortlist following an extensive judging process led by a jury comprising more than 35 communications industry leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region.The Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards, organised by PRovoke Media, recognise excellence in strategic communications, reputation management and public relations campaigns across the region.Winners will be announced at the SABRE Awards ceremony on August 18 at the Westin Singapore, alongside the presentation of the Asia-Pacific Agencies of the Year and Best Agencies to Work For awards. The ceremony will coincide with the PRovoke Summit Asia-Pacific.Commenting on this year's competition, PRovoke Media founder and jury chair Paul Holmes said the quality of work remained exceptionally strong despite a slight decline in the number of entries."The work we saw ranged from crisis and issues management campaigns responding to geopolitical and economic turmoil to influencer marketing campaigns that tapped into popular culture, to a massive amount of purpose-driven work proving that, in Asia at least, purpose is still a powerful way to build stakeholder relationships," Holmes said.The shortlisted campaigns reflect the breadth of communications work across the region, spanning crisis management, influencer marketing, corporate reputation, stakeholder engagement and purpose-led initiatives, underscoring the evolving role of public relations as a strategic business function across Asia-Pacific.