The growing demand for environmentally friendly products has been on the list of the main topics in the past decades. Design to Environment (DtE) proposes integrated methods to encourage the development of ecodesigned products during the design process. Several environmental methods have been developed and introduced in the strategies and design processes of industries. However it is still uncertain how effectively their contribution helps to assist in the up-growth of ecodesigned products during product designers' activities. This paper explores some available information systems offering support in environmental integration across and into the activities involved during the design process. Some relevant information models characteristics are highlighted to help integrating the DtE since early stages in the product design process. Such designed product (or service) would bring environmental values into the society as well as some other possible benefits such as cost reduction and quality improvements during the product lifecycle. An industrial case study is under development to formalise and validate a proposition based on linking and relating these characteristics.