Systemic intense analysis of material and energy flows, aims efficiency improvement, waste reduction and innovation. There is potential for a mismatch between the amount of potential solutions produced and the capacity to develop them by the systemic analysis and design team, requiring an intermediate strategic step of intellectual capital management. A conceptual model, interconnecting analysis activities with the strategic management of intellectual capital, is presented, encompassing project development and implementation. Without protection, a project's economic viability can be compromised. Within the research, several consultations were conducted by email, at the national, European and global level, to agencies and institutions with intellectual property protection mandates. The results unveil opportunities for enhancement of existing protection models to cover detected gaps, pointing to the kind of innovative solutions lacking forms of protection. A four-stage model is presented to promote and contribute to the dissemination of systemic project and analysis as a practice at the service of environmental management, which is in line with green practices of intellectual capital management (considering environmental, social, and economic sustainability). This model is complemented by two novel indexes: The Protection Prioritization Index - PtPI and the Development Prioritization Index - DPI. A four-stage model is presented to promote and contribute to the dissemination of systemic project and analysis as a practice at the service of environmental management, which is in line with green practices of intellectual capital management (considering environmental, social, and economic sustainability). This model is complemented by two novel indexes: The Protection Prioritization Index - PtPI and the Development Prioritization Index - DPI. A four-stage model is presented to promote and contribute to the dissemination of systemic project and analysis as a practice at the service of environmental management, which is in line with green practices of intellectual capital management (considering environmental, social, and economic sustainability). This model is complemented by two novel indexes: The Protection Prioritization Index - PtPI and the Development Prioritization Index - DPI.