Playoff Green

Creating a positive, lasting "green" legacy, one CFP National Championship host community at a time

Through its Playoff Green initiative, the College Football Playoff strives to minimize the environmental footprint of the national championship game and its ancillary activities. Playoff Green's comprehensive sustainability strategies ensure that waste diversion and circularity, emission tracking and offsetting, water restoration, and community impact are optimized throughout the CFP National Championship weekend.

Strategic Focus Areas

Sustainability Impact

The 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship, which was hosted in Miami, illustrated Playoff Green’s most expansive and comprehensive sustainability efforts and high-impact results since the inception of Playoff Green. All efforts were measured from load-in to load-out at the five major event venues.

Click HERE to read the full 2025-26 Playoff Green Impact Report.

Energy

100%Renewable electricity at Hard Rock Stadium and Miami Beach Convention Center
100%Sustainable aviation fuel for visiting athletes

Circularity

2 Turf FieldsDonated to Boys & Girls Club Miami-Dade
5 TonsTextiles upcycled and repurposed
78 TonsMaterials donated

Ocean

150Corals planted with the University of Miami and the NFL
5,900 Lbs.Waste removed from oceans, rivers and coastal waterways by 4Ocean

Playoff Green Leadership

The College Football Playoff is a thought and action leader when it comes to sustainable events. Below are some best practices the CFP achieved in January 2026 and will continue to build on in future years.

Data Transparency

Data transparency in GHG emissions, water, and waste use holds Playoff Green accountable, drives continuous improvement, and inspires industry-wide action through shared progress.

All Major Event Venues

Playoff Green recognizes the CFP National Championship is not simply the game at Hard Rock Stadium but all four venues associated with the event: Hard Rock Stadium, Playoff Fan Central at Miami Beach Convention Center, AT&T Playoff Playlist Live at Lummus Park, and Trophy Trot at South Pointe Park.

Load-In to Load-Out

While the football game kicked off at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, January 19, sustainability efforts began the moment the first truck arrived on January 12 and continued until the final departure on January 23.

Energy Innovation

In 2026, Playoff Green purchased sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc) to cover athlete travel, offsetting the flight for visiting athletes from the University of Indiana — an immediate and measurable step toward decarbonizing the CFP.

Lasting Green Legacy

To create a positive, lasting, green legacy in the Miami community, Playoff Green activated a coral reef restoration project with the University of Miami and the NFL and donated two turf fields to Boys & Girls Club Miami-Dade.