Fuente: WIPO "sustainability" A system and a method that enable a digital thread-driven sustainability design wherein a Digital Thread (DT) is proposed as a distributed enterprise software platform that is designed for managing lifecycle sustainability data of a product throughout its lifecycle. A digitally integrated total lifecycle product design using a Digital Thread model is provided that enables one to perform predictive computational modeling for multi-lifecycle product design. The Digital Thread enables a set of predictive computational modeling tools for total lifecycle product design optimization, simulation and uncertainty and risk analysis integrated to access data through the Digital Thread. A systematic approach for development and analysis of a lifecycle sustainability model of a designed product is provided. Also, a central repository concept or a single point of access to the lifecycle sustainability data is provided.