This paper highlights the urgent need to reconceptualize product life-cycle management systems, specifically in product configuration, to integrate data on the sustainability impacts of configuration choices. While traditionally focused on physical products, it is crucial that information systems also model, document, trace, and review product sustainability. Drawing on a longitudinal case study and comprehensive literature review, the paper identifies product configuration systems as pivotal in determining sustainability outcomes. However, current systems often neglect sustainability, necessitating a redesign. The research agenda proposed combines sustainability thinking with socio-technical design principles. A key focus is on incorporating life-cycle cost (LCC) calculations, which assess economic and environmental impacts over a product's entire lifespan. This integration ensures decision-making aligns with long-term cost-effectiveness and environmental responsibility. The paper also explores the application of ISO-14020 standards for life-cycle assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) within product configuration systems. These standards provide a framework for assessing and reporting environmental impacts, meeting growing legislative and consumer demands for sustainable products. The proposed multi-level, multi-tier approach to Product Configuration Systems aims to address these gaps, ensuring that configuration decisions are better informed and sustainability documentation is more robust. This approach has significant implications for industries as they face increasing pressures to document and report the sustainability impacts of their products comprehensively.