INTRODUCTION PEOPLE COMMUNITY PLANET GOVERNANCE APPENDIX about this This is the 2021 Environmental, Social and report Governance (ESG) report of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., which includes subsidiaries Bed Bath & Beyond, buybuy BABY, Harmon Face Values, and Decorist The report was completed in May 2022 and plans in accordance with our three ESG organizations, such as the Value Reporting and covers the 2021 calendar year unless strategy pillars: 1) people, 2) community, Foundation’s Sustainability Accounting otherwise indicated. Where relevant and 3) planet – all of which are enabled by Standards Board (SASB) standards, the available, more recent data points or data a transparent and strong governance Task Force on Climate-related Financial prior to calendar year 2021 have been structure. We include disclosures Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations, included. Our 2020 ESG report, completed determined to be most meaningful to our and the United Nations Sustainable in May 2021, can be found here. shareholders and other stakeholders that Development Goals (SDGs). The report provides a look back at our ESG are informed by the guidance and reporting highlights and outlines future aspirations frameworks of leading sustainability Bed Bath & Beyond 2021 ESG Report 3